Several prisoners who supported Islamic State were on February 3 shot dead by prison guards in Tajikistan after launching an attack wielding shanks and hand-made knives, according to a justice ministry briefing.

At least five prisoners were killed after launching an attack on guards in a Tajikistan prison. IS-affiliated inmates attempted to break out of the prison.

Five prisoners, identified as Islamic State members, were killed during an escape attempt in a Tajikistan prison. The inmates attacked guards with homemade knives, resulting in injuries to three prison employees.

At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after attacking guards with knives and trying to break out of a jail in Tajikistan, a law enforcement source said. Nine prisoners wielding shanks and hand-made knives attacked guards on Monday,

At least five prisoners were killed and three employees were injured in a riot spurred by an attempted escape from a prison in the Tajikistan city of Vahdat.