The Kyrgyz government commission created to investigate the deaths of 21 bus passengers on the highway to China in late March announced its findings on 14 April. Deputy Prime Minister Kubanychbek Jumaliev told journalists that 18 of the victims were determined to be Chinese citizens, mostly ethnic Uighurs, traveling to Kashgar on business. Their identities were established with the assistance of Chinese DNA experts, a police official told Interfax the same day. Three were citizens of Kyrgyzstan from Djalalabad Oblast. The investigators have determined that the victims had all been shot with a single Kalashnikov rifle and were dead before the bus was set on fire, according to the police official. The official conclusion is that the attack was a case of robbery and had no political motivation. (Interfax)