Kyrgyz ethnic unrest claims at least 37 lives

By Hulkar Isamova | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-12 08:24

Kyrgyz soldiers on an armored vehicle drive past a group of people in Osh on Friday. The situation remains "tense" in southern Kyrgyzstan, where at least 23 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in ethnic clashes, interim Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva said. Agence France-Presse

OSH, Kyrgyzstan - At least 37 people were killed and 523 hurt on Friday when ethnic conflict flared in Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city Osh, the worst outbreak of violence in the Central Asian state since the president was overthrown in April.