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Tajikistan blames Islamic State for prison riot, 32 killed
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MAY 20, 2019 / 12:25 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Tajikistan blames Islamic State for prison riot, 32 killed
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Three prison guards and 29 inmates were killed in a prison riot in Tajikistan that the government blamed on Islamic State militants.
Tajikistan’s Justice Ministry said the riot broke out late on Sunday in the prison in the city of Vakhdat, 10 km (six miles) east of the capital Dushanbe, as militants armed with knives killed three guards and five fellow prisoners.
The militants then torched the prison hospital, took several inmates hostage and tried to fight their way out. Security forces killed 24 militants in the battle to restore order in the prison, the ministry said.
The prison houses 1,500 inmates, some of whom rights activists describe as political prisoners.
Among prisoners who were killed by militants were two senior members of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), once an influential party represented in parliament and government, which was outlawed by the government of President Imomali Rakhmon in 2015, the ministry said.
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Tajikistan blames Islamic State for prison riot, 32 killed
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Three prison guards and 29 inmates were killed in a prison riot in Tajikistan that the government blamed on Islamic State militants.
Tajikistan’s Justice Ministry said the riot broke out late on Sunday in the prison in the city of Vakhdat, 10 km (six miles) east of the capital Dushanbe, as militants armed with knives killed three guards and five fellow prisoners.
The militants then torched the prison hospital, took several inmates hostage and tried to fight their way out. Security forces killed 24 militants in the battle to restore order in the prison, the ministry said.
The prison houses 1,500 inmates, some of whom rights activists describe as political prisoners.
Among prisoners who were killed by militants were two senior members of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), once an influential party represented in parliament and government, which was outlawed by the government of President Imomali Rakhmon in 2015, the ministry said.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tajikistan-prison-riot/tajikistan-blames-islamic-state-for-prison-riot-32-killed-idUSKCN1SQ0AW
