Incident Summary:

11/07/2015: Assailants stabbed military officers at a military recruitment drive in Sino district, Dushanbe city, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan. Two military officers were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201511070053

When:
2015-11-07

Country:
Tajikistan

Region:
Central Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Dushanbe

City:
Dushanbe

Location Details:
The incident occurred in the Sino neighborhood.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Military
Name of Entity Military of Tajikistan
Specific Description Recruitment Drive
Nationality of Target Tajikistan
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Melee Knife or Other Sharp Object
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 2 Fatalities / 2 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 2
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 2
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Defense ministry rules out connection between the Nov 7 incident and ongoing conscription campaign," Asia Plus, November 9, 2015.
"Two Tajik military officers stabbed to death amid recruitment drive," Agence France-Presse Top News (English), t, November 9, 2015.
"Two recruitment officers killed and two others wounded in Dushanbe," Asia Plus, November 9, 2015.