A border guard got a lengthy jail term for shooting to death deputy commander of frontier post. He reportedly fired at the officer after the latter had taken his mobile phone and given him a slap in the face.
The military court of the Khorog garrison sentenced the conscript Mansour Navrouzov to ten years in prison on February 25. He will serve his term in a high-security penal colony.
According to the Tajik Main Military Prosecutor’s Office, Navrouzov was found guilty of killing Lieutenant Munosib Olimbekov and attempt of illegally crossing the Tajik-Afghan border.
Navrouzov reportedly noted during the trial that he had fired at Olimbekov after the latter had taken his mobile phone and given him a slap in the face.
The incident took place at one of frontier posts in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on December 7, 2018.
