Posted AT 6:27 AM EDT on 17/05/05
Opposition says 745 killed by troops in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — An Uzbek opposition leader said Tuesday that her party had compiled a list of 745 people allegedly killed by government troops in Uzbekistan, the highest estimate so far, and that many were shot in the back of the head.
Nigara Khidoyatova, head of the Free Peasants party, said the party arrived at the number by speaking to relatives of the dead and that the count was continuing.
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