Tajik President Emomali Rahmon called the current global situation "a new phase of the Cold War" and called on his compatriots to be politically vigilant amid "growing tensions as the process of the world's repartitioning is intensifying." "In these difficult and dangerous circumstances, we should not let our citizens, our children, turn into toys in the hands of the groups involved in the global standoff," Rahmon said in a statement on April 9, the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the month of Ramadan. Of the 11 men in custody as suspects in the Crocus City Hall massacre claimed by Islamic State, 10 are Tajik.
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