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.

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

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 prison employees injured in a riot triggered by an attempted escape at a prison in Vahdat, a city in Tajikistan, two sources within the country's security agencies told Reuters on Tuesday.

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.