Uzbekistan blasts kill three

Published July 11, 2008

TASHKENT, July 10: A series of explosions at a Soviet-era arms depot in Uzbekistan has killed at least three people and injured many more, witnesses and media said on Thursday.

The blasts in the town of Kagan, near the ancient Silk Road city of Bukhara, destroyed buildings and smashed windows several miles away.

A local witness said the entire city of Kagan, with a population of about 50,000, was cordoned off by troops.

“The sky lit up like at dawn,” the witness said, describing explosions that shattered windows in her flat in Bukhara, some 12 km away. The blasts had destroyed Kagan railway station and a five-storey building.—Reuters

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