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Tajikistan clashes leave 17 dead around Dushanbe Tajikistan clashes leave 17 dead around Dushanbe
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Clashes in and around Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe have killed 17 people.Clashes in and around Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe have killed 17 people.
At least seven of the dead are policemen. The attacks were on security service buildings at two locations. The interior ministry said eight policemen were killed in the attacks, in the town of Vahdat just outside Dushanbe and at a central interior ministry building.
Government officials have blamed a disaffected minister for the violence. The attacks came after an announcement that Deputy Defence Minister Gen Aduhalim Nazarzoda had been sacked. Officials blamed sacked Deputy Defence Minister Gen Aduhalim Nazarzoda, saying he was leading a "terrorist group".
The US embassy said it had closed and warned that the clashes "may be precursors to other acts of violence".The US embassy said it had closed and warned that the clashes "may be precursors to other acts of violence".
Gen Nazarzoda is a former member of the United Tajik Opposition (UTO), which fought government forces during the civil war in the 1990s and joined the cabinet after a peace agreement was signed in 1997.
Correspondents say the latest attacks seem to suggest a growing conflict between the government of President Emomali Rakhmon and former UTO warlords.
Mr Rakhmon has been in power for two decades and was re-elected in 2013 with 83.6% of the vote.
International observers said the election was quiet and peaceful but "without a real choice".