Uzbekistan president, Islam Karimov, is dead, the state television has said.
Karimov’s daughter Lola said earlier this week that the 78-year-old had suffered a brain haemorrhage, but the government had remained silent, making its first announcement on Friday following days of unofficial report that Karimov was critically ill or even dead.
“Dear compatriots, it is with a heavy heart that we inform you that the health of our President has sharply deteriorated in the past 24 hours to reach a critical state, according to the doctors,” the statement said.
Three diplomatic sources had spread the news that Karimov was dead and a further government announcement would come and name the head of the commission in charge of organising the funeral.
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