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32 dead in Tajikistan prison riot: official
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, May 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A riot at a prison in
Tajikistan has left 32 people dead, including 24 members of the Islamic State
group and three guards, authorities said Monday.
Five of the inmates and the three guards were killed by IS prisoners during
the riot that erupted on Sunday evening at a facility near the capital
Dushanbe, the justice ministry said in a statement.
BSS/AFP/RY/12:30 hrs