DFA monitoring situation in Moscow after report of 'imminent' terror threat there

The US Embassy issued its warning just hours after Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had foiled a planned shooting at a synagogue in Moscow by a cell from the Afghan arm of the Islamic State terror group. File Picture: AP

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is "monitoring" the situation in Moscow following reports of an imminent terror attack in the Russian capital. 

Both the UK Foreign Office and the US Embassy in Moscow issued warnings to their citizens over intelligence reports that large gatherings in Moscow may be targeted by “extremists” over the next 48 hours.