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Thursday, 1 April, 2004, 17:00 GMT 18:00 UK
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In pictures: Uzbek attacks
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The attacks in Tashkent and Bukhara have prompted a massive security operation.
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The incidents began on Sunday, when an explosion in Bukhara demolished a house alleged to be a bomb-making factory.
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There were several explosions on Monday in Tashkent's busy Chorsu market, said to be the work of female suicide bombers.
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A group of alleged militants died in a house in north-east Tashkent after a gunbattle with police.
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Local people watched the fighting.
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Residents gathered in another part of the city after hearing reports of a hostage-taking.
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Special police waited at the scene, but the hostage-taker eventually blew himself up.
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Police are out in force after the attacks.
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Checks on vehicles are now widespread in the capital.
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SEE ALSO:
Al-Qaeda 'linked to Uzbek unrest'
01 Apr 04 | Asia-Pacific
Analysis: Causes of Uzbek unrest
31 Mar 04 | Asia-Pacific
'Terror' blasts rock Uzbekistan
29 Mar 04 | Asia-Pacific
Worries for West in Uzbek unrest
30 Mar 04 | Asia-Pacific
The US-Uzbekistan trade-off
05 Oct 01 | Asia-Pacific
Hizb ut Tahrir
27 Aug 03 | Newsnight
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Uzbekistan Government
Uzbek UK Embassy
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