"We don't want his children to feel guilty," Kasymov said.
The building next door to the mahalla presents a somewhat different story however, suggestive of the social control that has been stepped up in Andijan since the May violence.
A sprawling courtyard teahouse, its customers have deserted it since 12 of its owner's relatives fled to Kyrgyzstan.
The owner, an old man, now sits alone each day, reading on one of the raised platforms where customers once reclined and drank tea under the trees.
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