Terrorist attack prevented in Jalal-Abad

10:49, 28 декабря 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA

Two minor members of the international terrorist organization Islamic State — Wilayat Khorasan were detained in Jalal-Abad. The press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported.

According to it, 16-year-old teenagers were recruited into the organization via the Internet.

«On the instructions of foreign emissaries, they planned to plant an improvised explosive device near the main New Year tree in the central square of Jalal-Abad and organize a terrorist attack and an armed attack on theDormition of the Mother of God Church,» the SCNS reported.

During the inspection of the seized mobile devices, irrefutable evidence of the preparation of a terrorist attack, correspondence with emissaries, an action plan and instructions for making improvised explosive devices, and video recordings with an oath of allegiance (bayʿah) to the leader of Islamic State — Wilayat Khorasan were found.

A criminal case was opened on the fact under Part 1 of Article 252 (act of terrorism) of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. The detainees were placed in pre-trial detention center No. 53 for minors, and measures are being taken to establish their criminal connections in the territory of Kyrgyzstan.