Tajikistan - Clashes between troops and rebels

(6 May 1998) T/I: 11:00:10 Government troops in Tajikistan have joined forces with UN observers to survey the scenes of fierce gun battles that erupted near the capital Dushanbe at the end of last week. 20 government soldiers were killed and 80 wounded in clashes between government troops and oppposition rebels on Thursday (30/4) and Friday (1/4) Up to 25 civilians were also killed. In central Dushanbe armed soldiers patrol the streets. SHOWS: TAJIKISTAN, RECENT WS gunman on hills overlooking Dushanbe, WS Dushanbe, MS two gunmen on roof, WS government building, Old man on donkey rides past, bearded old man with stick walks past Presidential Palace; WS government troops, CU soldier with huge beard, WS UN armoured trucks, MS two UN officers, MS more government troops, MS troops loading machine guns onto trucks, CU of same, MS Akbar Turadzon Zada, APC drives past; SOT Zada (in Russian): “We are driving out to ful