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Kyrgyzstan declares state of emergency
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| Last Edited | kal May 23, 2010 05:46pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Independent |
| News Date | Sunday, May 23, 2010 11:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A state of emergency was declared in Jalalabad yesterday after two people died and 74 were injured in clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian ethnic tinderbox.
Kyrgyzstan has been in turmoil since a popular revolt toppled President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on 7 April, kindling fears of a civil war in the impoverished former Soviet republic, which hosts both US and Russian military bases.
Kyrgyz special forces fired into the air to try to prevent thousands of Kyrgyz from storming an Uzbek-funded university in Jalalabad, the home region and power base of Bakiyev.
"We condemn all attempts to foment violence and sow the seeds of discord among our people, especially between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz," acting President Roza Otunbayeva told reporters
in the capital Bishkek. "We hope that common sense will prevail and that we shall be able to prevent a conflict."
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