ĦĦMOSCOW, June 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Chechen rebels, the Taliban, membersof the radical Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan might have got involved in last month's unrest in Uzbekistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Vladivostok on Thursday.
"We have information that Islamic extremists from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), the remnants of the Taliban and someChechen terrorists had a role in events in Uzbekistan," Lavrov wasquoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.
Lavrov reiterated that it was necessary to investigate the riot,especially "how a group of people could infiltrate Uzbekistan and seize hostages".
The Uzbek government has been refusing the UN and western callsfor an international investigation into the event, saying that Uzbek authority has the ability to launch its own probe.
On May 13, government troops crushed a riot led by a group of protesters in Andijan after militants seized a local prison and government headquarters and released many prisoners. 173 people have died in the riot, Uzbek general prosecutor's office announcedlater. Enditem | 
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