At least 19 killed, 26 injured in Uzbekistan explosions

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At least 19 killed, 26 injured in Uzbekistan explosions

At least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured in a series of terrorist blasts in Uzbekistan on Sunday and Monday, news reaching Alma-Ata from the Uzbekcapital of Tashkent said.

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At least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured in a series of terrorist blasts in Uzbekistan on Sunday and Monday, news reaching Alma-Ata from the Uzbekcapital of Tashkent said.

The country's Prosecutor General Rashid Kadyrov told a press conference Monday that 19 people including six police officers were killed in the attacks and some 26 others injured.

The first attack in which about 10 people were killed occurred on Sunday night in the central city of Bukhara as alleged terrorists accidentally set off an explosion in a house, he said.

Police later found at the site some materials for homemade bombs, instructions on bomb making, a rifle, two pistols, ammunition and extremist Islamic booklets, he said.

A female suicide bomber blew herself up near the Children's World shop Monday morning in Tashkent, killing two police officersand a child, he said.

Only some 30 minutes later the second suicide bombing near a bus stop in the city killed a policeman in addition to another female bomber, said the prosecutor.

Three other police officers were killed in related attacks, he said.

Source: Xinhua

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