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2 Tajik Military Recruiters Killed in Dushanbe

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2 Tajik Military Recruiters Killed in Dushanbe

Details are scarce, though some have linked the attack to the country’s conscription drive.

2 Tajik Military Recruiters Killed in Dushanbe
Credit: Russian combat vehicles in Tajikistan via Shutterstock.com

On Saturday morning, according to the Tajik Ministry of Internal Affairs, a group of assailants with knives attacked four men from the military commission in Dushanbe’s Sino District — Temurkhon Egemberdiyev, Pulod Mirzoyev, Khamza Nasibov, and a driver, Rustam Sadulloyev. Two — Mirzoyev and Nasibov — died and the other two were seriously injured.

Asia-Plus reported that the attack came “following a conflict,” but did not elaborate. The ministry also did not immediately note a motive for the attack.

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