Kyrgyzstani, who participated in executions of captives in Syria, detained

16:57, 21 апреля 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Julia KOSTENKO

The State Committee for National Security (GKNB) detained a Kyrgyz citizen who personally participated in the executions of captives in . GKNB press service reported.

It is noted that the 23-year-old militant, a native of  region, was detained on April 20 within the counter terrorism measures taken to curb the penetration of militants of international terrorist organizations into the .

He was recruited in 2013 and transported to Syria, where he joined the terrorists and took part in the fighting in Syria.

In February 2016, after additional training, he received a task to commit an act of terrorism on the during the celebration of the Victory Day.

Currently, he is kept in the pretrial detention center of GKNB, a criminal case was opened.