DUSHANBE, September 6, 2010, Asia-Plus — The State National Security Committee’s (GKNB) office in Sughd province has instituted criminal proceedings to investigate a September 3 attack on the Sughd regional police anti organized crime division, Asia-Plus has learned from the source at a one of power wielding structures of Tajikistan.
According to him, there are no any new details of the incident. It is just known that two police officers were killed and 26 other people, including 24 police officers and two civilians, were injured in the blast, the source added.
We will recall that a suicide bomber reportedly drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the office of the Sughd regional body empowered to combat organized crime at around 8:00 am of September 3.
The blast destroyed parts of the building of the Sughd anti organized crime division and shattered windows in surrounding buildings.
A special commission led by the Security Council Secretary Amirqul Azimov has been set up to investigate the Khujand attack, and Azimov himself was sent to Khujand on September 3 to oversee the probe.
