Kyrgyz security service urges citizens to stay vigilant due to terror threat
BISHKEK. Aug 14 (Interfax) - The Kyrgyz National Security Committee has noted an increase in attempts to stage acts of terrorism in the republic.
"Due to an increase in attempts by international terrorist organizations to commit acts of terrorism and sabotage on Kyrgyz territory, the National Security Committee urges the public and population of the country to be more vigilant in assisting security services with providing national security and law and order," a spokesperson for the Kyrgyz security service told Interfax on Monday.
The Committee urges citizens to promptly notify the on-duty security and police services of any suspicions individuals and facts, the spokesperson said.
The international terrorist organization Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (banned in Kyrgyzstan) remains the main foreign coordinating center posing a terror threat to the republic, the agency said. It is led by Sirojiddin Mukhtarov (Abu Saloh), who was placed on the international wanted list for organizing a terror attack outside the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek on August 30, 2016, the committee said.
The terrorist threat also emanates from other Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad leaders, Burhanidin Jantoraev and Ilyas Sabirov, and international fugitives who are currently in Syria and Turkey, the committee said.
On August 30, 2016, a suicide bomber drove a car through the gates of the Chinese embassy in Bishkek and detonated the bomb. The explosion killed the terrorist and injured three of the embassy's Kyrgyz employees.
