STATEMENT
by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Tajikistan

As it is already known, on 29 July 2018 four foreign tourists were killed and two were seriously injured on the Kulyab-Dushanbe highway as a result of the deadly attack.

On the same day the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Tajikistan initiated a criminal case under Article 104 (murder) of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan and an Interdepartmental Emergency Operation Group consisting of the representatives of the Prosecutor's Office, Police and National Security officers was established for the immediate response to this criminal issue. The Group launched urgent operational and investigative measures.

The investigation found that the crime was carried out by members of the terrorist-extremist organization - the former "Islamic Revival Party", the residents of Pyanj district Hussein Abdusamadov, Asomiddin Majidov, Zafar Safarov and the resident ... Read more »