What Happened On July 29, four tourists on a bicycle tour of Tajikistan — two from the United States, one from the Netherlands and one from Switzerland — were killed in an attack in the Danghara district southeast of Dushanbe. Militants drove a vehicle through their cycling group, then stabbed the victims. The next day, the Islamic State claimed it had inspired the attack, but the Tajik government instead has pinned responsibility on the political opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) . The incident marks the first time foreigners have been targeted by a terrorist attack of its type in the country as well as the first use of a vehicle as a militant weapon in Tajikistan. The method of attack — a vehicular assault followed by an armed attack — tracks almost step for step with a formula promoted in Islamic State propaganda.