Hiding for seven years: Kyiv: SSU detains ISIS member. Details and photos

SSU officers detained an ISIS member in Kyiv. The man had been hiding from justice for 7 years, being on the Interpol wanted list.

This was reported by the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine. The issue of extradition of the offender is being decided.

"The Security Service detained in Kyiv a member of the Islamic State international terrorist organization, who was wanted by the Interpol. The offender was a citizen of one of the Central Asian countries, who had illegally arrived in Ukraine before the full-scale invasion, using a foreign passport of a fictitious person. Before that, the ISIS member had been in the Middle East for a long time, where he was engaged in transporting the terrorist organization's fighters to Syria," the press service said.

According to the SSU, after arriving in Ukraine, the offender tried to hide from justice. He constantly changed his mobile phone numbers and addresses of rented apartments in different cities of our country. Subsequently, he tried to set up a channel for the illegal legalization of immigrants from countries with a high terrorist risk in Kyiv.

SSU officers established his location and detained him at his place of temporary residence in the capital of Ukraine. Currently, the member of the terrorist organization is in custody in accordance with the extradition arrest procedure. The issue of further extradition of the detainee to the country of origin, which put him on the international wanted list in 2017, is being resolved.

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