Three prison guards and 29 inmates were killed in a prison riot in Tajikistan that the government blamed on Islamic State militants. The militants then torched the prison hospital, took several inmates hostage and tried to fight their way out. Security forces killed 24 militants in the battle to restore order in the prison, the ministry said. The ministry did not specify whether the younger Gulmurod was among those killed in the riot. The group, which has now lost its strongholds but continues underground operations, claimed responsibility for another Tajik prison riot last November, which followed a deadly attack by its followers on Western tourists in Tajikistan in July 2018.

Source: CBC News May 20, 2019 05:48 UTC