By empty (6/30/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A group of three gunmen broke into the residence of the father of Tajik National Bank Chairman Murodali Alimardonov in the early morning hours of 30 June. The gunmen killed one bodyguard and injured two other guards during the attack and seized more than $7,000 in cash, Interfax reported. Tajik Interior Ministry Major General Tohir Normatov set up a special police unit on 30 June to conduct an investigation, but stressed that it was a robbery with no political motives.