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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. |
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. | |
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". |