Palace of Unity

Palace of Unity

The Palace of Unity (Tajik: Кохи Ваҳдат/"Kokhi Vahdat"), also referred to as Vahdat Palace, is a building in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. [cite news|work=Simo News|url=http://www.simonews.tj/news/100271.html|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2008-01-02|title=Explosion in center of Dushanbe] Located in the northern part of Dushanbe's main thoroughfare, Rudaki Avenue, near Hotel Avesto and the embassy of Uzbekistan, it is the headquarters of the ruling People's Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences.cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/11/ee4aa41e-574d-4586-9a30-218f76d7e758.html|work=Radio Liberty|publisher=Radio Free Europe|title=Tajik Officials Call Dushanbe Explosion A Terrorist Act|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-15] In November 2007, a bomb was left in a plastic bag near a wall outside of the Palace, in an incident labelled by authorities as a terrorist act. [cite news|work=RIA Novosti|title=Powerful blast near Tajik presidential palace kills one|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-15|url=http://en.rian.ru/world/20071114/88088295.html] A seventy-seven year old man, variously reported to be a janitor, a street sweeper, or a security guard, was the only victim; he was killed at 8:10 AM on 14 November 2007 when he picked up the plastic bag in which the bomb was contained, causing it to explode. The explosion also blew out many windows at the palace. [cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Explosive Device Kills Guard in Tajikistan|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-15|url=http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-tajikistan-blast.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin] [cite news|title=Tajikistan: street-sweeper killed in an explosion near the presidential palace in Dushanbe|url=http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2228|work=Ferghana.ru] [cite news|url=http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=613480|title=Tacikastan'daki patlama terör saldırısı (Terror explosion attack in Tajikistan)|work=Zaman Gazetesi|language=Turkish|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-15]

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