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On Friday fights, wrecked cars and shots into the air were fired into the air. The clashes take place between two rival political groups activated by the political vacuum in which the country finds itself. Political leaders have been removed from the stage in central Bishkek.
The former Soviet republic has lacked clear political leadership for several days, after the country plunged into chaos after Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
Trying to prevent vandalism
Aida Bekturova is an English teacher and lives with her family in Bishkek. She says there have been a lot of riots in the city center and that the police were absent for two full days. As a result, ordinary citizens felt compelled to take matters into their own hands.
– Common men set out to protect the city from looting and vandalism.
She thinks it is good that an emergency permit has been entered.
– Common people are at home with their families now, we can sleep soundly.
She and those she knows do not believe that the last elections have gone well. But they do not support the current political battles.
– We only want peace and security, that politicians follow the usual rules.
Information about the murder
The opposition parties have declared that they will not stand in the by-elections on Sunday. The official result was already broken on Tuesday, something that has not calmed the situation in Bishkek.
The parliament building has been raided and the country’s condemned former president, Almazbek Atambayev, has been released, while amounts of difficult-to-assess information are leaking into all the camps.
An Atambayev aide claimed on Friday that he had been the victim of an assassination attempt, the Russian state news agency Ria reports. Pictures are circulating showing how a person points a gun at a car. The information has not been confirmed by independent sources.
Closed borders
Russia, the country’s powerful ally, has called on the security forces to restore public order.
According to Omurbek Suvanaliyev, who claims the post of head of national security, the borders of Kyrgyzstan have been closed.
Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov tendered his resignation on Tuesday, and populist politician Sadyr Khaparov has claimed the post of prime minister since he was tumultuously released from jail, serving a lengthy hostage-taking sentence.
Japarov was approved by a majority of MEPs in an additional session.
On Friday, President Jeenbekov also toppled Prime Minister Boronov and his government.
