MOSCOW. May 2 (Interfax) - An investigation against Zeinap Suyunova, accused of involvement in plotting a terrorist attack on Red Square in the early hours of January 1, 2011, has been completed, and the case will soon be sent to courts, Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Interfax.
"The investigation has collected enough proof for an official indictment to be presented and for the case to be forwarded to courts to be considered on its merits," Markin said.
Suyunova is suspected of armed robbery, an attempt to commit a terrorist attack, illegal acquisition, passage, storage, and carrying of firearms, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices committed by an organized group, and illegal manufacturing of explosive devices committed by an organized group, he said.
The investigation has found that Ibragimkhalil Daudov, a prominent Dagestani warlord, set up a gang from October to December 2010 to commit a terrorist attack on Red Square in Moscow late on December 31, 2010 or in the early hours of January 1, 2011. Suyunova was supposed to be the perpetrator of the bombing.
However, Suyunova failed to commit the attack because of circumstances beyond her control, as she had lost a safety fuse from an improvised explosive device strapped to her body, without which she was unable to set it off, Markin said.
Moreover, having lost a mobile phone and not knowing the location of Red Square, she had no chance of contacting the other members of the gang to receive instructions from Daudov, Markin said.
Therefore, Suyunova decided to flee and headed for Kizlyar, Dagestan, by bus. During an identity check at a stationary police checkpoint in Volgograd on January 2, 2011, Suyunova was detained and escorted to Moscow.
Soon afterwards, a court ruled to take her into custody before trial.