Instability in Khorugh again

In the administrative center of GBAO, Khorugh, today there was a clash between a group of locals and representatives of law enforcement agencies. As it was reported to Asia-Plus the source in the administration office of GBAO that today representatives of law enforcement agencies attempted to arrest some residents of Khorugh town who are suspected in committing several crimes. “A group of local residents came to the defence of their countrymen; as a result it was applied firearm by representatives of law enforcement agencies,” said the source.  According to him, in the firefight three local residents received injuries of various decrees. One of the suspects in committing a crime by name Sobir, a resident of microrayon Barkhorog was killed. Supporters of killed and wounded set fire a building of Khorugh police office,” noted the source. According to him, at this point, negotiations are under way in the administration office of GBAO between the population of town and authorities. “At this point, there is a relative silence in Khorugh but the situation in general remains tense,” concluded the source. We recall that government forces of Tajikistan began a special operation in Khorugh at the end of July 2012 in order to eliminate the illegal armed groups in GBAO. Members of these illegal armed groups were blamed for the murder on 21 July 2014 of General A. Nazarov, the Head of Department of State Committee of National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan in GBAO. According to official data, on 24 July 2014 during the special operation, there were killed 13 officers of law enforcement agencies and 30 militants, and 40 militants were detained. Immediately after the special operation the population handed over numerous weapons and ammunition to the government.