International
ISIL inmates instigate deadly riot in Tajik prison
Three prison guards and 29 inmates have been killed in a prison in Tajikistan after convicted ISIS militants started a riot.
This comes after the terror group claimed responsibility for a prison riot in the northern Tajik city of Khujand in November following a deadly attack by its followers on tourists in July 2018.
The central Asian nation’s Justice Ministry said on Monday that the prison riot broke out Sunday evening in the city of Vakhdat, Aljazeera reports.
Read also: Police recover 5kg of heroin from Iranian suspects at new Istanbul Airport
One of the instigators of the riot was Bekhruz Gulmurod, whose father Gulmurod Khalimov was a Tajik special forces colonel who joined ISIS in 2015.
According to Tajikistan’s Justice Ministry, Gulmurod has since been killed in Syria.
Security forces have killed 24 militants and restored order in the prison which has 1,500 inmates, the ministry added.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...