Police Shoot 4 Dead at Kyrgyzstan Opposition Rally
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Police in Kyrgyzstan opened fire Wednesday on thousands of angry protesters who tried to seize the Central Asian nation's main government building after beating up dozens of police officers. At least four protesters were shot dead.
Police in the capital of Bishkek at first used rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannons and concussion grenades to try to control crowds of young men clad in black who were disarming officers and seizing their trucks and armored personnel carriers.
Then the anti-government protesters tried to use one of the personnel carriers to ram the gates of the government headquarters, known as the White House. About a half dozen young protesters shot Kalashnikovs into the air from the square in front of the building.
Some 200 elite police forces tried to push back the crowd but were forced back toward the White House.
The protesters appeared to be leaderless, and some even drunk. At least 10 opposition leaders were arrested overnight, according to an opposition lawmaker.
The unrest — which also broke out for a second day in the western town of Talas and spread to the southern city of Naryn — has threatened the relative stability of this mountainous former Soviet nation seen by both Russia and the U.S. as a strategic neighbor to Afghanistan.
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Police in the capital of Bishkek at first used rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannons and concussion grenades to try to control crowds of young men clad in black who were disarming officers and seizing their trucks and armored personnel carriers.
Then the anti-government protesters tried to use one of the personnel carriers to ram the gates of the government headquarters, known as the White House. About a half dozen young protesters shot Kalashnikovs into the air from the square in front of the building.
Some 200 elite police forces tried to push back the crowd but were forced back toward the White House.
The protesters appeared to be leaderless, and some even drunk. At least 10 opposition leaders were arrested overnight, according to an opposition lawmaker.
The unrest — which also broke out for a second day in the western town of Talas and spread to the southern city of Naryn — has threatened the relative stability of this mountainous former Soviet nation seen by both Russia and the U.S. as a strategic neighbor to Afghanistan.
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