Twenty-five prisoners escaped last night from a pre-trial detention facility belonging to Tajikistan’s State Committee on National Security, killing several guards and seizing their weapons. The prisoners, who had all been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, included four citizens of Afghanistan, six citizens of Russia, and citizens of Tajikistan.
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Russia’s security and intelligence services have received a presidential instruction to help the Tajikistani authorities track down and detain escaped prisoners
According to Director of the Russian Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, who is current chairman of the Council of Heads of Security and Intelligence Services of the CIS Member States, Dmitry Medvedev has instructed Russia’s security and intelligence services to help their Tajikistani colleagues track down and detain escaped prisoners.