One dead in Uzbek stabbing incident during cotton-picking
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| Publication Date | 19 September 2013 |
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September 19, 2013
By RFE/RL's Uzbek Service
The stabbing is the second deadly incident that has occurred in a cotton-picking area in Qashqadaryo this month. (file photo)
QARSHI, Uzbekistan – A student at a teacher-training university in southern Uzbekistan has been accused of stabbing four fellow students, killing one and injuring the other three.
The incident occurred at a mandatory cotton-picking site in the province of Qashqadaryo.
Officials in the Qashqadaryo regional health-care department told RFE/RL late on September 18 that the incident took place two days previously and was allegedly triggered by bullying.
It's the second deadly incident that has occurred in a cotton-picking area in Qashqadaryo this month.
A college student died in a cotton field on September 9 after she touched a live electrical wire.
For years, human rights watchdogs have accused Uzbek authorities of forcing schoolchildren and university students to pick cotton, one of the country's biggest exports.
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