In the '''2005 Andijon Uprisings''', members of ''[[Akromiya'' ]], with support from [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]] and The [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] raided a police station, killing several guards and taking a large quantity of military equipment. Not long afterwards Akromiya the militants raided a prison and freed more than 500 prisoners, including several imprisoned Islamists. The militants then set fire to the city's main cinema, forcing patrons and nearby residents to run into the main city square. After civilians fleeing the burning building entered the square, Akromiya militants members took them as hostages, beating, torturing, and using them as literal human shields by tying them to the perimeter of the city square with wire. Ill-prepared Uzbek troops fired on the square, but due to their poor training killed an estimated 45 civilians. The militants filmed themselves throughout the event, showing that they were heavily armed, but were later seen putting down their weapons before fleeing to refugee camps in [[Kyrgyzstan]]. In total 176 people were killed; 79 Islamists, 45 civilians, and 31 Uzbekistani soldiers; although some groups claim 187 people were killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=586|title=Forum 18: UZBEKISTAN: What is known about Akramia and the uprising? - 16 June 2005|last=Service|first=Forum 18 News|website=www.forum18.org|language=en-uk|access-date=2017-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=otHfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA368&lpg=PA368&dq=Yimonga+Yul&source=bl&ots=v0k_XznTRd&sig=43bXunZap7pOsAF9OfjFiNvv7n8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_wOfeqdXVAhWGxFQKHahuCKEQ6AEIQTAE#v=onepage&q=Yimonga%20Yul&f=false|title=Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia|last=Starr|first=S. Frederick|date=2014-12-18|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317470663|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Daly|first1=John|title=Rush to Judgment: Western Media and the 2005 Andijan Violence|url=http://isdp.eu/content/uploads/2016/06/2016-daly-rush-to-judgment-westerm-Media-and-the-2005-andijan-violence.pdf|publisher=Central Asia Caucasus Institute Silk Road Studies Program|accessdate=13 August 2017}}</ref>
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