Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the nation's Federal Security Service agents to "not take any prisoners" after a terrorist attack in a St. Petersburg market on Wednesday injured more than a dozen people, Reuters reports.
Speaking at a ceremony for Russians who served in Syria, Putin said Thursday: "I yesterday ordered the FSB director to act within the framework of the law when detaining these bandits of course, but if there is a threat to the life and well-being of our employees ... to act decisively, not take any prisoners, and liquidate the bandits on the spot."
Russia has faced several major terrorist threats recently, including a bombing in the St. Petersburg subway that killed 16 earlier this year, and a thwarted attack targeting a cathedral.