DUSHANBE, June 12, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda has ordered to set up special groups to investigate an attack on the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri in Kulob and an unauthorized rally in front of the British Embassy in Dushanbe.

Deputy Minister, Major-General Iskandar Solehzoda heads the group that is investigating the attack on IRP leader Muhiddin Kabiri and the group that is investigating the unauthorized rally that took place outside the British Embassy in Dushanbe on June 10 is led by Deputy Interior Minister, Major-General Ikrom Umarzoda.  

We will recall that IRP leader Muhiddin Kabiri was pelted with tomatoes and eggs on a visit to the city of Kulob on June 10.  Some 15 men and women pelted Muhiddin Kabiri tomatoes and eggs, accusing the party members of wakening the civil war in the 1900s and seeking to destabilize the country today.

On the same day, police detained about a dozen protesters who rallied in front of the British Embassy in Dushanbe.  The protesters, mainly women, threw stones at the embassy building.  According to some witnesses, the protesters also smashed the embassy''s security cameras and scuffled with security personnel.  The gathering was not sanctioned by city authorities.