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Military Toyota. Photo provided by eyewitness
In Khorog — Administrative center of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan — The traffic accident involving military personnel caused multiple injuries. According to preliminary information, two people, including a pregnant woman, died and two others were seriously injured.
Khorog sources told Fergana that the accident occurred on the evening of December 1 in the area of the hydroelectric power station. The driver of a Toyota RAV4 crashed into a minibus. Due to the strong collision, one of the passengers flew out of the car into the canal. The source said that the body of the woman has not yet been found and she was pregnant.
According to the latest data, another passenger may have fallen into the canal during the accident, but he has not been found either. Khorog residents want to block the search channel.
The location of the accident. Photo provided by an eyewitness
The minibus driver was seriously injured and taken to hospital. Doctors warned relatives that both legs might have to be amputated. Another minibus passenger was injured and is also being treated in hospital in a serious condition.
According to eyewitnesses, the cause of the accident was that a soldier from the National Security Council Border Guard (car number 009KM belonged to the department) drove a Toyota car while drunk and violated traffic regulations. After the collision, they abandoned the car and fled the scene.
The reaction of law enforcement agencies remains unknown. However, a video of the accident scene shot after the accident was posted on Facebook, in which police representatives were present. Small clashes took place between security forces and local residents who gathered at the accident site. According to Khorog-Fergana sources, local residents seized the passengers of a Toyota car and tried to organize a lynching. The police prevented this. At the same time, they wrote on social networks that the army was forcibly taken to a pharmacy and tested for alcohol intoxication.
Earlier, on November 6, residents of Khorog went to assembly They demanded the removal of makeshift checkpoints in the city and the withdrawal of additional law enforcement agencies sent to GBAO to restore order. The rally was caused by the incident involving Major General Khurshid Mohammadzoda, commander of the Republic’s riot police, who Towards Civilians were carrying traumatic weapons, which left two people injured. Protesters also demanded that the authorities understand what happened and punish the perpetrators. GBAO head Yodgor Fayzov subsequently promised an investigation. However, its results have never been made public.
According to Fergana sources in Khorog, the incident involving the riot police commander had been “covered up.” Khurshid Mohammadzoda apologized to the victims and covered the costs of the damage. According to the source, he proposed a peaceful solution to the situation and threatened that otherwise one of the victims would be — Sukana Kanzaliyeva — A case could be filed for incitement to disobey the authorities.
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