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Kyrgyz police looking into Osh riot

BISHKEK, December 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry said criminal proceedings have been opened over the riot in the city of Osh in the south of the republic on Monday.

On December 2, 2,000 to 8,000 supporters of arrested former parliament speaker Akhmatbek Kelgibekov gathered in Osh's central square to demand his release within the next three days. The protesters tried to seize the building of the regional administration.