Three members of Islamic State sentenced in Kyrgyzstan

11:19, 10 августа 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anastasia MOKRENKO

Three members of the international terrorist organization Islamic State, who arrived to commit terrorist attacks, were sentenced in . Press service of the State Committee for National Security of the reported.

According to it, the panel of  issued a decision regarding members of the banned on the , who were previously detained by SCNS.

Thus, members of the terrorist organization were found guilty of committing crimes under Articles 27-168 (Preparing for attack), 375 (Recruitment), 241 (Illegal purchase, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms, ammunition and explosives), 346 (Illegal crossing of the state border), 350 (Forgery, sale or use of forged documents) and 299 (Incitement of national, racial, religious and other hatred) and were sentenced to 12-15 years with confiscation of property with serving sentence in the penal colony with reinforced regime.

In the course of counterterrorism measures, the bodies of the State National Security Committee suppressed the subversive activities of the terrorist group in the . This group consisted of citizens who had been trained in  and and transferred to  to organize and commit terrorist acts against civilians.

In the course of investigative measures at the place of residence of the detainees, material evidence of their criminal activities: Kalashnikov assault rifle, hand grenades, ammunition of various caliber, terrorist and extremist literature, means of communication were found and confiscated.