Kyrgyzstan, Osh - Unrest continues!

The second largest Kyrgyz city of Osh in the south of the country on the night of 10 June 11 riots broke out, during which the whole Osh region were killed according to different sources from 12 to 17 and 120 people were hospitalized with various injuries. The reason for the riots was the ethnic conflict between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks.

12 ph via Reuters & AP Photo

1) Interim Kyrgyz government claims that the riots were provoked by ethnic conflict between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks. In the picture - armed men on the streets of South Kyrgyz city of Osh June 11, 2010. (Reuters Pictures)





2) Riots began on Thursday evening in the city of Osh, called the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo)



3) The interim government claims that the clashes were "clearly orchestrated." (AP Photo)



4) According to unofficial information, the cause of clashes in Osh has become a mass fight between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in the evening on Thursday, 10 June, which eventually grew into clashes in various parts of the city. (AP Photo)



5) In the picture - the charred building in Osh. (AP Photo)



6) More recently, on June 4, was exactly 20 years since the beginning of the Osh massacre - when the confrontation between the Uzbek and Kyrgyz communities in southern Kyrgyzstan turned into riots, murder, rape and looting by both sides. (AP Photo)



7) The person enters the building, where the night hammering away looters. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)



8) In the picture June 11, provided by the Ferghana.ru news agency, seen partially burnt cash. (AP Photo)



9) In order to pacify the crowd, the military had to fire into the air from the armored vehicles and using special devices.



10) In spite of the curfew the day before, on Friday night a group of aggressive young people in Osh, was able to set fire to the building of the local broadcasting company "Osh TV", hotels, several restaurants and shopping malls, as well as the building of the Uzbek drama theater. In the picture - people walk past a burning building in the city of Osh on June 11. (REUTERS / Alexei Osokin)



11) On Friday morning the situation in the city was brought under control by law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan. In the picture - armored vehicles in the streets of Osh (REUTERS / Alexei Osokin)



12) The authorities of Kyrgyzstan in the Osh region pull together additional forces from other parts of the country to strengthen the control over the situation. (REUTERS / Alexei Osokin)



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