The incident occurred in the building of the Supreme Court in the afternoon. According to information received from law enforcement agencies of Dushanbe, the accused Murod Bozorov was found guilty for a number of murders and armed robberies and was sentenced to death. He took 21 persons hostage and demanded that his criminal case had to be annulled. As a result of the incident one soldier was slightly injured. Finally, officers of law enforcement agencies managed to convince him to surrender to the police.
Specialists hold that the crash has been caused by technical disrepair of the helicopter.
Today, September 1, a new school year started at all schools of the country. As the first Deputy Minister of Education of Tajikistan Abdubashir Rashidov said in his telephone interview with Asia-Plus, during the last five years a number of pupils in the country has increased by 156,000 persons. According to him, every year, a number of pupils in the country increases by 30,000-40,000 persons that is connected with demographic situation. At the same time, he noted that lately, many children remained outside schools. First of all, it depends on economic conditions of their parents.