Participants in a rally in Ashgabat demanded the death...

Participants in a rally in Ashgabat demanded the death penalty for the attackers of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov. His motorcade came under a fire attack from a truck and two cars on November, 25. The public movement Revival and the Democratic Party chaired by Niyazov organized the rally, which was attended by about 1,500 people. They unanimously voted for asking the parliament of the Central Asian republic to pass a special resolution saying that "all masterminds and perpetrators of the attempt on the life of the president must be declared traitors of the Motherland, and the death penalty must be applied to them on an exception basis".