Uzbekistan Buries President Karimov

Sep 03, 2016 - 07:00 pm

People throw flowers on limousines as they gather along a road to watch the funeral procession of President Islam Karimov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Sept. 3, 2016. Umida Akhmedova / AP

Police guard as people gather along a road to watch the funeral procession of President Islam Karimov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Sept. 3, 2016. Umida Akhmedova / AP

A coffin with the body of Uzbek President Islam Karimov is carried on during his funeral ceremony in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 3, 2016. AP

Uzbek men gather to pay their last respects during the funeral of President Islam Karimov at the historic Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 3, 2016. AP

People hold flowers as they gather along the road to watch the funeral procession of President Islam Karimov in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 3, 2016. AP

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev delivers his speech during the funeral of President Islam Karimov at the historic Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 3, 2016. Dmitry Astakhov / AP

Uzbek men gather to pay their last respects, during the funeral of President Islam Karimov at the historic Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 3, 2016. AP

Karimov, who crushed all opposition in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan as its only president in a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union, has died of a stroke at age 78, the Uzbek government announced Friday.

Uzbekistan Buries President Karimov

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