| 20-06-2010 | 00:00:00

Kyrgyzstan extend state of emergency in Osh to June 25

BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan's interim government said Saturday it was extending a state of emergency in the violence-torn southern city of Osh and nearby areas to June 25.

 

"The interim government of Kyrgyzstan extends the state of emergency in the city of Osh, in Uzgen, in Kara-Suu and in the Aravan district of the Osh region until June 25 inclusively," it said in a statement.

 

A man examines a burnt car in Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city of Osh

 

The state of emergency, imposed on June 11 amid deadly ethnic clashes in the south of the country, had been due to expire on Sunday.

 

(AFP)

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