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| ISIS Claims Attack on Tajikistan Cycling Tour; 2 Americans Among Those Killed |
| 2018-08-01 |
| [PJ] ISIS claimed responsibility for a Central Asian attack in which foreign cyclists were struck by a car and then stabbed by the sedan's occupants. The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, confirmed that two U.S. citizens were killed in the mid-afternoon Sunday incident in the Danghara district, about 150 miles south of the capital Dushanbe. A Swiss citizen and a Dutch citizen were also killed. The embassy said seven cyclists in all were struck by the car. Tajikistan’s interior minister said the assailants were armed with knives and guns; Tajikistan's Asia-Plus media group reported that three suspects were killed in a confrontation with police in the village of Osmondara. Another suspect was reportedly arrested. Asia-Plus cited the head doctor at the local hospital as saying puncture wounds consistent with a knife attack were found on at least some of the cyclists who were injured. One stabbed cyclist is reportedly French. |
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| #1 Don't mess with the Brave Lions of Islam! |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-08-01 10:05 |