DUSHANBE, December 22, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- According to Tajik law enforcement authorities, Tajikistan has received the bodies of 818 of its citizens from Russia this year.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says the bodies of four Tajik migrant workers were returned to Tajikistan from Moscow on Wednesday, December 21 alone.

“One of them – a 32-year-old Rustam Nourmatov from Khatlon’s Vose district – was killed by unknown persons in a fight, Mahmadsho Shokirov, 26, from the Rasht district was killed in an accident, and Isroil Rajabov, 32, from the Roudaki district and Abdulvohid Jumayev, 38, from the city of Qurghon Teppa died of illness,” the source said.