21 people killed in Tajikistan after two buses collide

Two passenger buses collided early today in southern Tajikistan, sparking an explosion of a liquefied gas canister and killing 21 people, police said.

Six people were injured in the head-on collision in the Gozimalik region, 35 miles south of the capital Dushanbe, said traffic police spokesman Khabibullo Munavarov.