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Monday, 06 May 2002
KYRGYZ COMMISSION AT ODDS OVER INVESTIGATION OF AKSY CLASHES
By empty (5/6/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Karamyrza Kalmyrzaev, who is a member of the state commission created to investigate the clashes between police and demonstrators in Djalalabad Oblast\'s Aksy Raion on 17-18 March in which six people died, told RFE/RL\'s Bishkek bureau on 4 May that during its session on 2-3 May the commission was unable to reach agreement over who was responsible for the bloodshed. The pro-government commission members argue that responsibility rests with local officials, while opposition members and representatives of the local population say that senior state officials who gave orders for the police to open fire should also be punished. The commission will convene again on 13 May.
Karamyrza Kalmyrzaev, who is a member of the state commission created to investigate the clashes between police and demonstrators in Djalalabad Oblast\'s Aksy Raion on 17-18 March in which six people died, told RFE/RL\'s Bishkek bureau on 4 May that during its session on 2-3 May the commission was unable to reach agreement over who was responsible for the bloodshed. The pro-government commission members argue that responsibility rests with local officials, while opposition members and representatives of the local population say that senior state officials who gave orders for the police to open fire should also be punished. The commission will convene again on 13 May. (RFE/RL)