A resident of Perm was detained for trying to set fire to the military enlistment office

In Perm, police officers detained a 42-year-old local resident who tried to set fire to a military enlistment office. She explained her actions as a requirement of “FSB employees” who contacted her in the Viber messenger. This was reported by the SHOT telegram channel and the publication Properm.

The incident happened on the evening of November 14. A local resident was detained at the building of the military enlistment office. Bottles with incendiary mixture were found with her. SHOT reports that she managed to throw one of them through the window, but the bottle broke outside and the building was not damaged.

According to a local resident, unknown people wrote to her in Viber, claiming that they were FSB employees. With threats, they forced her to go to arson. The police opened a criminal case under the article on intentional destruction of property.

Earlier in Obninsk, the police detained a 70-year-old local school teacher on suspicion of arson at the military enlistment office. He allegedly threw a bottle of incendiary mixture into the building. The detainee stated that he was not trying to commit arson, but, on the contrary, wanted to beat down the flames with a cane.

• After the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the announcement of mobilization in Russia, cases of arson of military enlistment offices, police departments, city administration offices, and “United Russia” receptions increased significantly. At first, the arsons were classified as property damage and hooliganism. Then the General Staff of Russia announced that cases of arson of military enlistment centers would be considered acts of terrorism and would be punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
• In July, the edition of “Mediazon” wrote that half of the cases of arson of military enlistment offices in Russia are investigated under articles on terrorism.