ANTI-GOVERNMENT unrest rocked the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan yesterday as thousands of protesters stormed the main government building, set fire to the prosecutor’s office and looted state TV headquarters.

Rioting mobs in Kyrgyzstan beat a government minister to death today following earlier clashes with police that left at least a dozen protesters dead.

At least four people died when police opened fire on a crowd of protesters in the capital of Kyrgyzstan today.

THE Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan held run-off parliamentary polls amid a wave of protests against the country’s Soviet-era leadership and allegations of widespread vote-rigging.