On the 29th in Central Asia's southern part of Tajikistan, a passenger car was thrust into seven foreign cycling groups, three people were hit and killed and died at a hospital where one was brought in. Tajikistan 's law enforcement agency searched for the possibility of terrorism and started investigating.
According to Tajikistan Interior Ministry, the four murdered are two Americans, a Swiss, a Dutch. There were also French people in the attacked group. The attacks were a group with guns and knives, at least one of the foreigners who had been attacked and injured was injured with a knife.
The site is about 150 kilometers south of the road leading from the capital Dushanbe to the Afghanistan border. According to the Department of the Interior, the investigative authorities discovered the car used for the raid, restrained one of the four riders, and killed two. On 30th, three people were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the incident. Three other people who had arranged yet were found, but he said that he killed him because he resisted.
Tajikistan's President Rahmon sent a telegram of condolence swearing a thorough investigation into the president of the United States, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the king on Thursday. In Tajikistan, mountainous areas such as the Pamir Plateau occupy the majority of the country. In addition to the scenic landscape, the neighboring country Kyrgyzstan, the Fergana basin straddling Uzbekistan, etc., there are not many European and US tourists who enjoy bicycle travel in recent years.
Tajikistan fell into civil war in 1992-97 after the collapse of the Soviet Union due to the conflict between Islamic forces and the former Communist Party. Several hundred people from the country are said to have participated in the extremist group "Islamic countries" (IS) after receiving the influence of the Islamic extremist who continues to extend power to the northern part of Afghanistan. (Moscow = Naoto Kida)