Uzbekistan unrest leaves 18 dead

Updated July 4 2022 - 6:11pm, first published 6:09pm
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has dropped plans to diminish Karakalpakstan's autonomy.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has dropped plans to diminish Karakalpakstan's autonomy.

Eighteen people have been killed and 243 injured during unrest in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan which broke out last week over plans to curtail its autonomy, Uzbek authorities say.

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