IN 2008 16 SOLDIERS OF TAJIKISTAN COMMITTED SUICIDE

              Dushanbe, January, 15th. (Mavdjuda Davlatzoda, Olga Saprykina, the NIAT "Khovar"). — In 2008 in Tajikistan 601 case of suicide and incitement to suicide have been registered. For comparison, in 2007 this figure was equivalent to 638. As it was noticed at the final press conference in the State Office of Public Prosecutor of RT, in 2008 41 criminal cases have been initiated.              As military public prosecutor of RТ Yusuf Rakhmonov noted at the press conference, in the republic in 2008 cases of soldiers' deaths have been registered on 5 facts less in comparison with 2007 (in 2008 — 38 cases, in 2007 — 43 cases). Cases of suicide among soldiers are registered on 5 facts more (in 2008 — 16 cases, in 2007 — 11 cases).