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| Explosion reported in Uzbekistan | Explosion reported in Uzbekistan |
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| The border between the Central Asian nations of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan has been closed after reports of a blast and shootings on the Uzbek side. | The border between the Central Asian nations of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan has been closed after reports of a blast and shootings on the Uzbek side. |
| The Uzbeks reportedly closed transit points after the explosion at a police station in the border town of Khanabad. | |
| Eyewitnesses said a shoot-out followed between police and armed men trying to drive through a police checkpoint. | Eyewitnesses said a shoot-out followed between police and armed men trying to drive through a police checkpoint. |
| The motive is not yet clear, but Uzbek media have speculated about a possible failed terrorist attack. | |
| Security services and military reinforcements have been sent to Khanabad. | |
| The spokesman for the Jalalabad local administration in Kyrgyzstan, Orozali Karasartov, told the BBC's Kyrgyz Service that there were reports of two explosions. | |
| He said he had heard that some people had been killed, but these reports have yet to be confirmed. | |
| Extremism | Extremism |
| The Ferghana Valley, where Khanabad is located, has been the scene of several attacks by militant groups in the past. | |
| Observers say the strong rule of President Islam Karimov has fuelled extremism in the region. | Observers say the strong rule of President Islam Karimov has fuelled extremism in the region. |
| Khanabad is also close to the Uzbek city of Andijan, where locals say security forces shot dead hundreds of mainly peaceful protesters in 2005. | Khanabad is also close to the Uzbek city of Andijan, where locals say security forces shot dead hundreds of mainly peaceful protesters in 2005. |
| The violence there broke out after an armed jailbreak turned into a huge demonstration involving thousands of Uzbeks. | The violence there broke out after an armed jailbreak turned into a huge demonstration involving thousands of Uzbeks. |
| The Uzbek government has denied there was a massacre of civilians, saying it thwarted an Islamist uprising. | The Uzbek government has denied there was a massacre of civilians, saying it thwarted an Islamist uprising. |
| It says the death toll was exaggerated, and that nearly all of those who died were soldiers or terrorists. | It says the death toll was exaggerated, and that nearly all of those who died were soldiers or terrorists. |
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