 The government blamed Hizb ut-Tahrir, though the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) claimed responsibility.Furkat Kasimovich Yusupov was arrested in the first half of 2004, and charged as the leader of a group that had carried out the March 28 bombing on behalf of Hizb ut-Tahrir.On July 30, 2004, suicide bombers struck the entrances of the US and Israeli embassies in Tashkent.