Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on March 29 that it had arrested three people from "a Central Asian country" who were plotting an attack in the south of the country. A statement quoted by Russian news agencies said the FSB had "put an end to the terrorist activities” of three people who were planning to blow up a device in a public place in the Stavropol region. Russian television showed images of several men pinned to the ground by FSB agents. RIA Novosti said materials for a bomb had been found in the home of one of the suspects.