Russian security and intelligence to track down and detain escaped Tajik prisoners

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed Russia’s security and intelligence services to help Tajikistan to track down and detain escaped prisoners. This was revealed by Director of the Russian Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, who is current chairman of the Council of Heads of Security and Intelligence Services of the CIS Member States.

Last night, twenty-five prisoners escaped a pre-trial detention facility belonging to Tajikistan’s State Committee on National Security. They killed several guards and seized their weapons. The prisoners, who had all been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, included four citizens of Afghanistan, six citizens of Russia, and citizens of Tajikistan.