Moscow: Three arrested for Jihadi recruiting

Moscow: Three arrested for Jihadi recruiting


The Russian Interior Ministry's department for the suppression of extremism has seized three members of an international terrorist organization in Moscow. The suspects were recruiting militants for terrorist acts in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.


"The Russian Interior Ministry's department for the suppression of extremism, the Criminal Investigation Department and the traffic police have seized three active members of the terrorist organization Islamic Party of Turkestan," says the department report received by Interfax on Monday.


The detainees, among them the 33-year-old amir of the terrorist organization, were wanted in Tajikistan for terrorism and extremism.

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Source: Interfax (English)

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