Government Official, 3 Others Slain
From Times Wire Reports
Deputy Interior Minister Khabib Sanginov, an opposition representative in Tajikistan’s coalition government, was killed in a daylight machine-gun attack.
Three gunmen in sweatsuits sprayed Sanginov’s car with AK-47 fire as he rode through a suburb of the capital, Dushanbe, about 8 a.m., the Interior Ministry said. Sanginov’s driver and two bodyguards also were killed.
Authorities, however, said the attack was probably criminal rather than political because Sanginov had led a campaign against organized crime.
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