Several die as political riots engulf Kyrgyzstan

Up to 10 people are feared dead after 10,000 pro-democracy protesters stormed a police station and forced workers to flee a governor’s office in Kyrgyzstan yesterday.

The deaths follow a weeklong stand-off between authorities and opposition supporters angered by the results of parliamentary elections on March 13.

“So far we do not know the precise number of those killed or who they are. But we could be talking about 10 people,” a police spokes- man in the city of Jalal Abad told Russian newsagency Interfax.