(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Iran Desk - The Tajikistan Interior Ministry announced on July 31, 2018, that the terrorists who killed four foreign tourists on July 29 were members of ISIS who underwent terrorist training in Iran. The four victims were among seven European and American cyclists who were riding through southern Tajikistan. A car repeatedly rammed the tourists and then the attackers got out and stabbed them. The fatalities included two Americans - Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, both 29 - one Dutch and one Swiss.Three more cyclists were wounded. Tajikistan police killed four attackers and arrested another five suspects. Later, senior Tajik Interior Ministry officials told BBC that ISIS was not connected to this incident, but an affiliated Islamic movement, the Tajik Islamic Renaissance Party (TIRP), carried out the attack. The leader of the attack was Hussein Abdul Samadov, who underwent military and ideological training in Iran.
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