From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Oct 20 2000 - 11:04:25 EDT
UZBEKISTAN COMPLETES INVESTIGATION INTO ISLAMIST MOVEMENT
The Uzbek Prosecutor-General's Office has completed its
investigation into the involvement of the banned Islamic
Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in terrorist activities,
including the February 1999 Tashkent bombings, Interfax
reported on 18 October. The investigation established that
from 1991-1999, members of the IMU committed 19 murders and
35 attacks and perpetrated a number of bombings. Three of
that organization's leaders--Takhir Yuldash, Djuma Khodjiev
(Namangani) and Salay Madaminov--have been charged in
absentia in connection with those attacks, while three other
IMU members are accused of murder, inciting ethnic hatred,
robbery, and plotting to overthrow the president and
constitutional system. LF
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