DUSHANBE, May 30, 2014, Asia-Plus – Persons who sustained gunshot wounds in the incident that took place in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on May 21 are on the way to recovery, a source at the GBAO regional hospital in Khorog told Asia-Plus today.
According to him, three persons are currently undergoing medical treatment for wounds sustained during the May 21 incident and “three other patients have already been discharged from the hospital and they currently undergoing outpatient treatment.”
“In all, eleven people, including nine civilians, were wounded during the recent Khorog incident,” said the source. “Three persons, including one policeman and two civilians, died on the first day and two local residents died later.”
We will recall that several dozens of protesters in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region spent two nights in tents in the center of Khorog, demanding an investigation into deadly clashes on May 21 and the resignations of the local governor, police chiefs, and prosecutor.
Two suspected drug traffickers were killed and one was wounded by police officers on May 21. Besides, two persons were killed and at least seven people were wounded on the same day after police opened fire on a crowd that tried to storm a police station. The fatalities occurred during a police offensive against suspected criminals and ensuing clashes between security forces and local residents upset with the police action.
The wounded suspected drug trafficker died in the hospital Friday night (May 23), sparking the march on the building of the SCNS’s office for GBAO in Khorog. At least one person was killed and two wounded. Witnesses reported that one of the protesters threw a grenade at the building of the SCNS’s office and some protesters opened fire on the facility.
Protesters left the central square in Khorog Sunday (May 25) evening, after civil society activists and authorities agreed to investigate the May 21 incident.
