DUSHANBE, September 11, 2015, Asia-Plus – The Interior Ministry says security forces killed 4 members of Abduhalim Nazarzoda group and arrested 17 others in the Romit Gorge on September 9 and 10. Three of them reportedly surrendered themselves to the government forces voluntarily.
According to the Interior Ministry’s website, eight assault rifles Kalashnikov, one machine-gun and ammunition were seized from the group during the operation in Romit.
We will recall that Abduhalim Nazarzoda and a group of gunmen under his control launched a predawn attack on the main police station in the Vahdat Township east of the Tajik capital on September 4, and clashed later that day with security forces at a Defense Ministry building not far from the Dushanbe International Airport.
Authorities say Nazarzoda, his alleged associate Colonel Juhaidulloh Umarov, and several other gunmen then fled to the Romit Gorge, adjacent to Vahdat, where security forces are targeting them in a large-scale manhunt.
The Interior Ministry said that 13 members of Nazarzoda group were killed and 32 others were arrested on September 4. Besides, more than 500 weapons as well as ammunition and several vehicles were reportedly seized from the group on September 4 and 5.
