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Kyrgyz security chief survives attack
A close adviser of Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev has been seriously wounded in a grenade attack. Officials said an unknown assailant had thrown at least one grenade at Security Secretary Misir Ashirkulov when he was returning home late on Friday in the capital, Bishkek. The attacker escaped and the motive behind the assault remains unclear. There has been a wave of civil unrest in Kyrgyzstan since March, when five people were killed in clashes with police during a protest rally. Terrorism? Or internal Kyrgyz politix? Wish we had better news sources in Central Asia... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-09-07 |
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