An explosion ripped through a discotheque in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe on Monday injuring seven people in the latest blast to hit the troubled ex-Soviet state, police said, AFP reports.<\/p>\n
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The explosion, which investigators said occurred Monday morning when an improvised explosive device detonated in the crowded disco, came days after a pair of suicide bombers killed two police in the northern city of Khujand.<\/p>\n
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“The explosion took place inside a disco during a party of young people at about 1 am (2000 GMT Sunday) on Monday. Seven people were wounded to varying degrees,” an interior ministry spokesperson told AFP.<\/p>\n
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Police are pursuing multiple theories about the blast, the spokesperson said, among them the possibility that it was carried out by militant groups long active in the volatile region.<\/p>\n
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“One version is hooliganism, but others, including a terrorist attack, will be considered,” he added.<\/p>\n
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The discotheque, named Dusti (Friendship), is located in the south of Dushanbe and had been holding weekly mixed-sex disco night mainly aimed at young men and women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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