The funeral will be conducted in accordance with Muslim customs
At the Central Samarkand square of Registan parted with President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
Then wrapped in a 21-metre shroud the body of the head of state took at the hands of his grave in the cemetery Shakhi-Zinda, the old mosque of Hazrat-khizr. Did his family and entourage.
We will remind, on Friday evening, the authorities of Uzbekistan reported about the death of Karimov. He died September 2, will be buried on 3 September in Samarkand. The Commission for organization of funeral Karimov has led the country’s Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoev. In Uzbekistan from 3 September to be announced three days of mourning.
On hospitalization Islam Karimov became known on August 28. The next day, his youngest daughter, Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva has confirmed that her father is in intensive care after a brain hemorrhage.
Islam Karimov, who in January was 78 years old, has ruled Uzbekistan since 1989.
