The suspects published prohibited materials on social media and were found in possession of drugs and weapons.

Police officers together with the National Security Committee detained a group of religious radicals who are suspected of inciting religious hatred and distributing extremist materials in the Turkestan region.

The suspects are residents of the Maktaaral district who united on the basis of radical views.

They published materials on social media that expressed hatred and contained insults to representatives of other religions (distributed prohibited videos and audio).