Kyrgyzstan unrest provoked by Bakiyev relatives--Dushebayev.

BISHKEK, June 24 (Itar-Tass) - Unrest in Kyrgyzstan was organized by
supporters of terrorist and extremist groups with the financial help of
relatives of the ex-president. Supporters of the Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan and the "Islamic jihad union" took part in the clashes,
Keneshbek Dushebayev, head of the National Security Service of Kyrgyzstan,
reported here on Thursday. The relatives of ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
allocated 30 million dollars for the staging of the operation, which
claimed the lives of many people, Dushebayev continued. According to his
information, a group of gunmen was dispatched to Kyrgyzstan for subversive
activities.
Fatal casualties as a result of unrest in southern Kyrgyzstan grew to
reach 258, the Kyrgyz ministry of public health reports. Some 2,200 people
asked for medical aid during the conflict in the Osh and Jalalabad
Regions. "Many of those, who were hospitalized, are in a grave condition.
This is why the death toll may be greater," said a representative of the
ministry.
Massive unrest began in the city of Osh, an administrative centre in
the southern part of the republic, on the night of June 10. On the next
day the unrest spread to the neighbouring Jalalabad Region. A state of
emergency and a curfew were imposed on the conflict zone. Additional
Interior Ministry, police and army units, as well as detachments made up
of volunteers were moved to southern Kyrgyzstan. Partial mobilization was
started in the country, but the authorities admitted shortly afterwards
that the calling up of reserve troops was not needed any longer.
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