Ex-president Bakiyev accused of complicity with shooting at peaceful

BISHKEK, October 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek
Bakiyev has been accused of complicity with the shooting at peaceful
protesters in the Aksy district of Kyrgyzstan on March 17-18, 2002.
Policemen opened fire at several thousands of participants in a
protest march near Kerben eight years ago. Six people died instantly.
Bakiyev was the prime minister at the moment.
The same charge is brought against former Kyrgyz Security Council
Secretary Bolot Dzhanuzakov, former Prosecutor General Chubak Abyshkayev
and a number of other high-ranking officials, a source at the Kyrgyz
Prosecutor General's Office told Itar-Tass.
"The investigation is complete, and the defendants, the plaintiffs and
their lawyers will start studying investigative materials," he said.
In all, 40 criminal cases have been opened against Bakiyev family
members and associates. The president was deposed in April 2010 and found
refuge in Belarus.
"Bakiyev is internationally wanted," the source said. Minsk has twice
declined Kyrgyzstan's request for extradition of the former chief of state.