Three dead in gas explosion at Uzbekistan mosque, authorities say

Three people were killed and ten more injured on Monday after a gas explosion at a mosque in Uzbekistan, the country’s emergencies ministry said.

In a statement published on Telegram, the ministry said that the blast had struck the bathroom of a mosque in Uzbekistan’s eastern Andijan region.

It said that an investigation was ongoing into the blast, which came during the Islamic holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr.