The Tajikistan law enforcement have arrested several teens aged between 16 and 18 for hanging out the Islamic State extremist group flag in the center of the southwestern city of Shaartuz, local media reported Tuesday. The Tajikistan law enforcement have arrested several teens aged between 16 and 18 for hanging out the Islamic State extremist group flag in the center of the southwestern city of Shaartuz, local media reported Tuesday. In late July, the Tajik Interior Ministry said a republic's citizen, recruited by ISIS through social media, planned to carry out several terrorist attacks across Tajikistan during the holy month of Ramadan. The suspected terrorist was arrested by police. The ISIS militant group has seized vast territories in Syria and Iraq in recent years. The group is spreading its influence to other countries, recruiting new fighters all over the world. More than 500 Tajik citizens have joined the ISIS militants and have left to Syria, according to the country's Interior Ministry. Some 150 of them are reported to be killed.