18 people died as a result of riots in Nukus
04/07/2022 12:30
18 people died as a result of riots in Nukus
04/07/2022 12:30
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- As a result of riots in Nukus, 18 people were killed. This was reported by the General Prosecutor’s Office of Uzbekistan.
According to the agency, as a result of riots in the capital of Karakalpakstan, 243 people were injured, including 38 law enforcement officers.
At the same time, 18 people died as a result of severe injuries.
On 1 July, in the city of Nukus, hiding behind populist slogans, manipulating the consciousness and trust of citizens, a group of people, contrary to the legitimate demands of the authorities, organized riots and attempted to seize the buildings of local government bodies.
On 2 July, despite the demands to stop violations of public order, these persons continued their destructive actions. Moving along the streets of Nukus, the rioters caused significant damage to infrastructure facilities, broke windows, and set fires. In order to seize weapons, several groups attempted to storm the buildings of the main department of internal affairs of the city of Nukus and the department of the National Guard. Taking advantage of relative numerical superiority, they attacked law enforcement officers, beat them with particular cruelty, inflicting grievous bodily harm.
According to the National Guard of Uzbekistan, 516 citizens detained at the scene of the riots on 1-2 July have been transferred to the Internal Affairs Directorate. It is noted that investigative actions are being carried out against them, some of them are being interrogated, and some have been subjected to administrative measures.
As a result of the riots on 1-2 July, 243 citizens turned to hospitals with various injuries, 149 of them provided first aid and were allowed to continue treatment at home. Currently, 94 patients are being treated in hospitals, some of them in critical condition, including law enforcement officers.
In particular, the commander of the Quriqlash branch of the National Guard of Karakalpakstan received three gunshot wounds to the chest, another commander of the same branch received an epic fracture of the left shin, 1 serviceman of the Jizzakh Department of the National Guard received an open craniocerebral injury, and a sergeant of the Tashkent National Guard Department is being treated from due to open traumatic brain injury.
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