[RFE/RL] Thousands of people in Uzbekistan's security forces have been mobilized in the Ferghana region to search for two women they allege are potential suicide bombers.Sources said that Rishton district had been blocked off by police and security measures had been increased after two women armed with a pistol and a grenade robbed a family in one house and attempted to rob another house in Rishton on August 16.
Police said the suspects were wearing belts in the video that looked similar ones used by suicide bombers. Both women were described as missing their left thumbs and right little fingers.