07 September 2016

News Story: Kyrgyzstan identifies organizers, perpetrators of terrorist attack on Chinese embassy

BISHKEK, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan authorities on Tuesday said they have identified the organizers and perpetrators of the terrorist attack on the Chinese embassy in capital Bishkek last week.

The press service for the Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security said in an announcement that the attack on Aug. 30 was organized by Uighur terrorist groups active in Syria and affiliated with Jabhat al-Nusra.

The task of organizing the attack was given by one of al-Nusra's emissaries, which also provided financial support to the terrorist act.

The committee added that the suicide bomber was a member of the terrorist organization the East Turkistan Islamic Movement.

"This is a member of East Turkistan Islamic Movement, a terrorist organization active in Syria, a Uighur named Zoir Khalilov, who had a passport from Tajikistan," said the committee.

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