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| 2 terrorists from Tajikistan detained in Novosibirsk |
| 2003-02-17 |
| Two men suspected of carrying out terrorist activity in Tajikistan have been detained in Novosibirsk. The detainees, born in Tajikistan in 1967 and 1972, were on the international wanted list on terrorism charges of killing Russian soldiers on Tajik territory in mid-1990s, the Russian Interior Ministry's Main Department for the Siberian federal district reports. Lately, they had taken refuge in Novosibirsk where they worked as labourers at a local market. Tough, when people don't forget, ain't it? In the early 1990s (the beginning of the civil war in Tajikistan), in Iran the detainees were trained to carry out terrorist attacks in the republic, the Tajik law-enforcement bodies report. They are suspected of having been among the Islamist group that killed Russian Defence Ministry personnel and members of their families in Tajikistan in 1995-96. The criminals are also suspected of attacking local statesmen. The Tajik law-enforcement bodies will now have to submit documentary proof of the detainee's alleged crimes to the Russian Prosecutor General's office to decide on their extradition to Russia. Just Iran's little present, to help with the stability of her neighbors. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |