Uzbekistan's president laid to rest in Samarkand

Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov who died this week at the age of 78 has been buried in his home city of Samarkand.

Saturday's funeral came amid continued uncertainty over who will succeed him.

The Uzbek government officially announced Karimov's death on Friday linking it to a stroke.

Earlier on Saturday, thousands of mourners lined the streets of the main thoroughfare in the capital Tashkent as the late leader's cortege headed to the capital's airport.

Karimov, one of Asia's most autocr…
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