Religion of Peace Strikes in Uzbekistan
19 killed, 26 hurt in Uzbek terror attacks, explosion of bomb-making factory.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - Two suicide bombings, attacks on police and an explosion at an alleged terrorist bomb-making factory in Uzbekistan killed 19 people and injured 26, the Central Asian country’s prosecutor general said Monday.
Prosecutor General Rashid Kadyrov said the events began Sunday night with an explosion that killed 10 people at a house being used by an extremist in the central province of Bukhara.
There were also two attacks on police Sunday night and early Monday, killing three policemen, and two attempted suicide bombings near the Chorsu bazaar in Tashkent’s Old City, killing three policemen and a young child, he said.
The suicide bombings were the first reported in Uzbekistan. Kadyrov said the attacks were carried out by Islamic extremists - singling out the banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir group and followers of the strict Wahhabi sect of Islam.