DUSHANBE, July 24, 2009, Asia-Plus  -- A brutal killing took place in Khatlon’s Nosir Khusrav district today morning.

According to the Ministry of Interior (MoI), a group of unidentified persons burst into house of Ms. Sanovbar Tangirova, the principal of school # 16, today early in the morning, at around 4:00 am, and inflicted six stab wounds on her.  She died on the spot.

The Nosir Khusrav police department and prosecutor’s office are investigating into the incident.