Officials from Tajikistan have traveled to Chișinău

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, representatives of law enforcement agencies and the Tajik embassy in Moldova have traveled to Chisinau to clarify all the details of the shooting carried out by Rustam Ashurov at Chisinau International Airport.

It is reported that the General Prosecutor’s Office and other relevant authorities of Tajikistan are in constant contact with their Moldovan counterparts.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also pointed to the version of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan, which states that Rustam Ashurov is one of the members of an organized criminal group accused of the kidnapping of Shukhrat Ismatulloyev, the first deputy chairman of “Orionbank”.

According to the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan, after the kidnapping of the deputy chairman of “Orionbank”, Rustam Ashurov “flew from Turkey to Moldova to subsequently hide in European countries.”

On June 30, at Chisinau Airport, 43-year-old Tajik citizen Rustam Ashurov was denied entry into Moldova. After it was revealed that he was wanted internationally, he seized a gun from a border guard and shot two airport security officers, injuring one passenger.

During the special forces storming, he received at least ten gunshot wounds and is unconscious in the hospital under police guard. His condition is assessed as serious.

Previously, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Moldova initiated an investigation into the case of terrorism; however, a criminal case has now been opened on charges of murder.

Rustam Ashurov faces 15 to 20 years and even life imprisonment in Moldova.