According to Rahyafte(the missionaries and converts website Eurasianet news website cited local sources as saying that he was assassinated in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region.
They said he was killed by sniper fire on Sunday, May 22.
Some sources say the influential local leader who was the target of a major security sweep over several months has been shot dead by government troops.
The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region has been in a state of turmoil since May 18, when the government declared it was launching what it termed an “anti-terror operation”.
The region has been the scene of tensions since the end of the five-year civil war in Tajikistan.
Tajikistan declared its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in September 1991 and plunged into a civil war in May 1992.
Tajikistan is a Muslim-majority country in Central Asia. The majority of its Muslims adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam, and a smaller group are Shia Muslim.
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