Avaz Shoyusupov

Avaz Shoyusupov (d. ) was a citizen of Kazakhstan who is reported to have blown himself up in the lobby of the Prosecutor's Office in Tashkent Uzbekistan as part of the operations of a terrorist group.
Five individuals were injured in his July 30 2004 suicide bombing.
Two other citizens of Kazakstan exploded suicide bombs in Tashkent that day:
Dulat Iskakov, outside the U.S. Embassy; and Mavlon Valiev, outside the Israeli Embassy.
Security officials from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan make different assertions of which group was responsible for his attack, and other bombings that year.<ref name=RadioFreeEurope2004-11-15/>
The Uzbekistan Prosecution office was then prosecuting Furkat Yusupov and 14 other individuals apprehended following terrorist bombings in late March 2004 at the time Shoyusupov set off his bomb in the Prosecution's office.<ref name=TheAgonist2004-08-20/>
Those trials were subsequently delayed several weeks, and concluded on August 24 2004.
Shoyusupov also apprehended following the March 2004 attacks, but was set free.<ref name=TheAgonist2004-08-20/>

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