DUSHANBE, February 12, 2015, Asia-Plus – Najmiddin Qayumov, a soldier of one of military units of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) deployed in Dushanbe, who was hospitalized last Sunday with gunshot wounds to his head, came out of coma today, an official source at a MoD told Asia-Plus Thursday afternoon.
“The soldier is still in the resuscitation department. He remains in serious condition and doctors do not allow questioning him,” the source said.
We will recall that Najmiddin Qayumov was taken to Qariyai Bolo Medical Center with gunshot wounds on February 8.
The MoD representatives noted that according to the results of the preliminary investigation, it was an attempted suicide.
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports that fellow soldiers said Najmiddin Qayumov shot himself with an AK-47 assault rifle.
Najmiddin Qayumov was reportedly drafted in the Tajik army in autumn 2014.
Media reports said Qayumov may have attempted to commit suicide after being a victim of hazing, a persistent problem within Tajikistan”s military.
In June 2014, a sergeant and a doctor in the Tajik military were sentenced to prison terms for involvement in separate violent hazing incidents.
