63 people wounded in the South of Kyrgyzstan

Clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan on May 14 left at least one person dead and 63 wounded. The political violence came as the provisional government in Bishkek reasserted its authority in the South less than 24 hours after supporters of former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev seized government buildings in three regional capitals, writes Eurasia.net.

Five homes reportedly belonging to Bakiyev family members in the village of Teyit, in the Jalal-abad Region, were set on fire late on May 14 by a mob of about 100, the AKIpress news agency reported.

The new authorities blame the family of Bakiev in the occurred situation. Meanwhile, Keneshbek Dushebaev, the provisional head of the State Committee for National Security, insisted that the former president’s son, Maxim Bakiyev, along with Bishkek’s former mayor, Nariman Tuleev, were financing the uprising in the South, the source informs.