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| Title | Tajik attackers seek retribution for murder sentence |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Tajikistan |
| Publication Date | 13 June 2011 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Tajik attackers seek retribution for murder sentence, 13 June 2011, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4e142b41c.html [accessed 27 May 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Tajik attackers seek retribution for murder sentence
June 13, 2011
KHORUGH, Tajikistan – Tajik police have detained two men suspected of attacking a court and prosecutor's office in southwestern Tajikistan, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.
Dozens of men attacked and vandalized the Badakhshan court building and prosecutor's office in Khorugh, the administrative center of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, on June 10.
Several court employees were beaten in the incident. Deputy court chief Kholiq Khalilov, Judge Akbar Safarov, and a third person were hospitalized with injuries sustained in the attack.
Interior Ministry spokesman Mahmadullo Asadulloev told RFE/RL on June 13 that Eraj Sadonshoev, 41, and Jamshed Sheraliev, 26, were taken into custody. Asadulloev said police are searching for the other assailants.
The men were reportedly angered by a nine-year prison term the court gave Qayum Rahmikhudoev for killing a man who allegedly broke into his home and attacked him.
They also claimed that a court employee accepted money in return for a more lenient sentence for Rahmikhudoev, but that the bribe-taker did not keep his promise.
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