COPENHAGEN, 5 September 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the 4 September gun attacks in and around Dushanbe, Tajikistan:

"I condemn in the strongest terms the attacks in Tajikistan, which apparently targeted police and other personnel. Such senseless violence has no justification and no place in our world. The perpetrators must be held accountable for their crimes following a transparent investigation. On behalf of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims."