The Kyrgyz special service arrested 38 members of a terrorist organization.
The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan carried out a large-scale operation, during which they arrested 38 alleged members of the banned religious extremist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir*.
According to the department, most of the detainees held high and middle management positions within the organization.
The investigation received irrefutable evidence of the spread of radical ideology and recruitment of new supporters. During the searches, the security forces seized a large amount of extremist literature and communication equipment.
According to the State Committee for National Security, some members of the squad tried to interfere with the work of activists and destroy prohibited materials.
- An extremist and terrorist organization banned in the Republic of Tatarstan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Uzbekistan.