ASTANA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan intelligence agencies prevented 12 violent extremist acts in 2016, Sergei Shveikin, deputy chief of the anti-terrorist center of the Kazakh National Security Committee, said on Tuesday.
"Last year we faced a difficult situation -- the so-called single-Jihad. In 2016, 12 violent extremist acts were prevented at the early stage of preparation and 182 people were convicted in Kazakhstan, among which three were convicted for financing terrorism, who were members of international terrorist organizations," said Shveykin at an international meeting against terrorism in Astana.
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