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Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic clashes

KYR512 - Osh, -, KYRGYZSTAN : Kyrgyz soldiers patrol and secure the area near the airport in Osh on June 14, 2010. Deadly gun battles raged in the Kyrgyzstan city of Osh where bodies littered the streets as ethnic violence escalated and Uzbekistan raced to cope with a massive refugee influx. AFP PHOTO / VICTOR DRACHEV
Deadly battles have erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan, killing scores and injuring more than 1,800 people [AFP]
Published On 15 Jun 2010

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MOW039 - SURATASH, -, KYRGYZSTAN : Ethnic Uzbek refugees wait at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border outside the village of Suratash some 15kms south of Osh on June 14, 2010. Uzbekistan on Monday ordered its frontier closed to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing clashes between rival groups in Kyrgyzstan where government forces were accused of helping the slaughter of ethnic Uzbeks. AFP PHOTO / OXANA ONIPKO
People fleeing their homes have flocked to the Uzbek border since the fighting between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz started [AFP]
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KYR510 - Osh, -, KYRGYZSTAN : An Ethnik Uzbek man injured in ethnic violence rests in an Uzbek neighbourhood in Osh on June 14, 2010. Deadly gun battles raged in the Kyrgyzstan city of Osh where bodies littered the streets as ethnic violence escalated and Uzbekistan raced to cope with a massive refugee influx. AFP PHOTO / VICTOR DRACHEV
Aid agencies have said the death toll could be much higher than figures reported by the health ministry [AFP]
MOW017 - SURATASH, -, KYRGYZSTAN : Doctors give medical care to wounded and sick ethnic Uzbeks at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border in a village of Suratash some 15kms to the south of Osh on June 14, 2010. Uzbekistan on Monday ordered its frontier closed to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing clashes between rival groups in Kyrgyzstan where government forces were accused of helping the slaughter of ethnic Uzbeks. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV
Tens of thousands of people have crossed the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border [AFP]
MOW037 - SURATASH, -, KYRGYZSTAN : An ethnic Uzbek refugee waits at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border outside the village of Suratash some 15kms south of Osh on June 14, 2010. Uzbekistan on Monday ordered its frontier closed to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing clashes between rival groups in Kyrgyzstan where government forces were accused of helping the slaughter of ethnic Uzbeks. AFP PHOTO / OXANA ONIPKO
On Monday Uzbekistan ordered its border closed, saying it had no capacity to cope with more refugees [AFP]
MOW038 - SURATASH, -, KYRGYZSTAN : An ethnic Uzbek woman cries as she waits at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border outside the village of Suratash some 15kms south of Osh on June 14, 2010. Uzbekistan on Monday ordered its frontier closed to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing clashes between rival groups in Kyrgyzstan where government forces were accused of helping the slaughter of ethnic Uzbeks. AFP PHOTO / OXANA ONIPKO
Makeshift camps have been set up for the people seeking shelter [AFP]
OSH519 - Osh, -, KYRGYZSTAN : An Ethnik Uzbek holds his head in his hands as he stands beside the wreckage of his burned out home in Osh on June 14, 2010. Deadly gun battles raged in the Kyrgyzstan city of Osh where bodies littered the streets as ethnic violence escalated and Uzbekistan raced to cope with a massive refugee influx. AFP PHOTO / VICTOR DRACHEV
Some people have accused Kyrgyzstan government forces of taking part in the slaughter of ethnic Uzbeks [AFP]
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520 - Osh, -, KYRGYZSTAN : An Ethnik Uzbek woman cries as she stands beside the wreckage of her burned out home in Osh on June 14, 2010. Deadly gun battles raged in the Kyrgyzstan city of Osh where bodies littered the streets as ethnic violence escalated and Uzbekistan raced to cope with a massive refugee influx. AFP PHOTO / VICTOR DRACHEV
Fires set by rioters have destroyed homes and businesses in Osh [AFP]
MOW044 - Minsk, -, BELARUS : Kyrgyz ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev speaks during a press conference in Minsk on June 14, 2010. Uzbekistan ordered its borders closed today to a mass exodus of refugees fleeing clashes between rival groups in Kyrgyzstan where government forces were accused of helping the slaughter of ethnic Uzbeks. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY GROMOV
There have been claims that Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the ousted Kyrgyz president, orchestrated the conflict, along with his supporters [AFP]