Guard Injured in Attack on U.S. Embassy Dies
A police officer died of injuries suffered in last week’s suicide attacks on the U.S. Embassy and other targets in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, raising the death toll to seven, including the bombers, prosecutors said.
The Uzbek officer was guarding the U.S. compound when the bombers struck it along with the Israeli Embassy and the chief prosecutor’s office. Three other guards, plus the three suicide attackers, also died.
A team of four FBI agents arrived in Uzbekistan to investigate the bombings, and a criminal case has been opened in the U.S., which is standard procedure when an American interest overseas is attacked, an embassy spokeswoman said.
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