14 August 2016, 05:29 GMT
ALMATY (Sputnik) — Operatives from Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (NSC) have arrested four members of a radical organization, preventing a series of terror attacks in the country, the NSC said on Monday.
"On August 18, 2016, NSC operatives carried out a special operation in the Almaty region to detain four members of a radical group who were planning a series of terrorist attacks in Kazakhstan," the NSC said in a statement.
According to the statement, the detained suspects are Kazakh and Kyrgyz nationals.
The operatives seized components for improvised explosive devices and extremist literature during the operation, the statement said.
