Kyrgyzstan protestors beat government minister to death
Rioting mobs in Kyrgyzstan beat a government minister to death today following earlier clashes with police that left at least a dozen protesters dead.
Moldomusa Kongatiyev was killed after a government building in the western town of Talas was stormed by crowds demonstrating against president Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Opposition activist Shamil Murat said the protesters first forced Kongatiyev to order his subordinates in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek to stop a crackdown on an Opposition rally there.
Police in Bishkek opened fire earlier today on the protesters and an opposition leader said at least 17 were killed.
Protesters in Bishkek also stormed the building of the state-owned television company.
