Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov said Thursday that the alleged mastermind of an assassination attempt against him had been arrested.
Turkmen authorities have accused former Turkmen Foreign Minister Boris Shikhmuradov of organizing the Nov. 25 attack, in which gunmen opened fire on Niyazov's motorcade in the capital Ashgabat.
Three other exiled opposition figures have also been implicated, and dozens of their alleged accomplices have been arrested.
According to AP, the Turkmen president told foreign diplomats Thursday that Shikhmuradov had been detained, but he did not say when or where. (Albawaba.com)
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