13 supporters of extremist group detained in South Kazakhstan

Shymkent. May 24. Kazakhstan Today - 13 people with explosives were detained in the South of Kazakhstan, the press secretary of the regional Department of Internal Affairs of the South Kazakhstan oblast Saltanat Karakozova said at the briefing, the agency reports.

"In the end of April, 2007 during joint operative actions the employees of the Department of Internal Affairs and the Department of the Committee of the National Security of the South Kazakhstan oblast neutralized and detained 13 people being active supporters of one of the extremist groups." "Self-made explosives, fire-arms, religious literature and compact discs on religious subjects were withdrawn from them during the search," S. Karakozova informed.

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