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600 Uzbeks killed in crackdown

Published May 16, 2005
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Another 100 were packed in a nearby construction college, he added in a telephone interview. The bloodshed started early on Friday, when weeks-long demonstrations over a trial of 23 local businessmen boiled over. Prosecutors had accused the men of belonging to an outlawed Islamic group, but their supporters said the charges were fabricated.—AFP

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