From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 11:53:28 EST
UZBEK TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS
The trial began on 30 October at Uzbekistan's Supreme Court of 12 men charged with
committing
a series of terrorist acts, including the February 1999 car
bombings in Tashkent, that killed more than 50 people,
Russian agencies and RFE/RL's Tashkent bureau reported. Nine
of the accused, including banned Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan leaders Takhir Yuldash and Djuma Khodzhiev, are
being tried in absentia. LF
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