Member of Islamic Movement of Turkestan killed during failed escape from Tajik prison

AKIPRESS.COM - Prison inmate who was killed during a failed escape attempt was member of the Islamic Movement of Turkestan, said the chief of the Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Penalties at the Ministry of Justice Mansourjon Umarov on Oct 30, the Tajik media reports.
According to him, the incident took place at Dushanbe-based penal colony #4.
A 32-year-old Akmal Ergashev, resident of the village of Kurkuduk in Asht district (Sughd province), was married with one child. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and served eight years as the time of the escape attempt.
"Ergashev was shot to death while attempting to climb over the colony's wall," Umarov said.
"According to recent reports, he sent his two brothers to Pakistan. They participated in jihad, and according to our data, they were killed," Umarov said.