KHOROG, October 8, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- Burial ceremonies for three servicemen of an elite counterterror unit, Alpha, who were killed in a helicopter crash in Rasht took place in Gorno Badakhshan on October 7.

Their bodies were transported to Khorog by a military transport plane.  The body of officer of the Alpha unit, Juma Sangov, was sent to his native village of Shidz in Rushan district, the border of Warrant Officer Saidmurid Lutfulloyev was sent to the village of Bartavdem in Roshtqala district, and the body of Warrant Officer Mehriddin Salohov was sent to the village of Tekharv in Vanj district.

According to the GBAO regional administration, the servicemen were buried with military honors and senior representative from local authorities attended the burial ceremonies.  The GBAO governor Qodir Qosim attended the burial ceremony for Juma Sangov in Rushan.

“In the meantime, the body of Captain Miskinsho Eronshoyev, who was from Gorno Badakhshan by birth, the village of Chartem in Shugnan district has not yet been found,” the source said.

As at had been reported earlier, 28 people, including 21 servicemen of the special operations unit of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), Alpha, were killed Wednesday’ morning as the Russian-built MI-8 of the National Guards went down in Kamarob Gorge in Rasht district, some 200 kilometers east of Dushanbe.   The crash was reportedly caused by a technical problem.