Violent clashes in Kyrgyzstan

epa02109745 Opposition activists pray outside the government building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 09 April 2010. Thousands of grieving and defiant citizens of Kyrgyzstan are gathering in the capital's main square to mourn victims of this week's revolt. The political situation in the country remains unclear after demonstrators began protests which ultimately led President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee the capital. At least 70 people died in the protests, which started 06 April, while 1,500 were injured. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV

Kyrgyz put flowers on a fence in front of Presidential headquarters as they gather to mourn victims of the revolt on the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, April 9, 2010.Thousands of grieving and defiant citizens of Kyrgyzstan are gathering in the capital's main square to mourn victims of this week's revolt which forced the president to flee. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A Kyrgyz woman, right, with her son pray to mourn revolt victims on central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, April 9, 2010, with a former Soviet Union flag at the background.Thousands of grieving and defiant citizens of Kyrgyzstan are gathering in the capital's main square to mourn victims of this week's revolt which forced the president to flee. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People grieve during a funeral ceremony for those killed during the uprising in Bishkek April 9, 2010. A crowd gathered in the burned out center of the Kyrgyz capital on Friday to mourn at least 75 people killed in an uprising that ousted the government and cast doubt over the future of a U.S. air base in the country. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Kyrgyz interim leader Roza Otunbayeva looks at a patient injured during the April 7 anti-government riots in a Bishkek hospital on April 9, 2010. Thousands massed in Kyrgyzstan's capital on Friday to honour scores of people killed in the uprising that toppled President Kurmanbek Bakiyev who said the new leadership had \"blood on their hands\". Mourners in Bishkek's main square prayed and laid a sea of flowers at the scene of the protests as part of the official day of mourning for the dead, said to number at least 75, with more than 1,500 injured. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

Kyrgyzstan's ousted but defiant President Kurmanbek Bakiyev speaks to an AFP journalist on April 9, 2010 in Jalal-Abad. Bakiyev said he had no intention of resigning and accused the country's new self-proclaimed leadership of causing many deaths this week. Speaking in an exclusive interview with AFP in the southern Kyrgyz city of Jalalabad, Bakiyev, 60, said he did not give any order for security forces to open fire on protesters in Bishkek this week, where at least 75 people died. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV (Photo credit should read VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images)

epa02108147 People gathered in front of the government building to celebrate their victory in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 08 April 2010. Kyrgyz opposition coalition has formed an interim government headed by Roza Otunbayeva, which dissolved the parliament and took on the presidential and governmental functions. Dozens of people were killed and hundreds were wounded during unrest in Kyrgyzstan. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV

Protesters walk inside the Kyrgyz government headquarters on central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 8, 2010. An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan said it has formed an interim government that will rule the turbulent Central Asian nation for six months. Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said Thursday she will head the government that dissolved the parliament and will take up legislative duties.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People stand in the vandalised parliament hall in Bishkek April 8, 2010. Kyrgyzstan's opposition said on Thursday it had taken power and dissolved parliament in the poor but strategically important Central Asian state after deadly protests forced President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee the capital. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Roza Otunbayeva (L), the interim government leader, speaks as she sits next to Vice Premier Omurbek Tekebayev during a news conference in Bishkek April 8, 2010. Kyrgyzstan's opposition said on Thursday it had taken power and dissolved parliament in the poor but strategically important Central Asian state after deadly protests forced President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee the capital. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Protesters gather in front of Kyrgyz government headquarters on the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 8, 2010. An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan said it has formed an interim government that will rule the turbulent Central Asian nation for six months. Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said Thursday she will head the government that dissolved the parliament and will take up legislative duties.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Workers clear up glass and debris behind shop windows broken by looters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, April 8, 2010. An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan said it has formed an interim government that will rule the turbulent Central Asian nation for six months. Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said Thursday she will head the government that dissolved the parliament and will take up legislative duties.(AP Photo/Nina Gorshkova)

A woman walks by the burnt offices of the General prosecutor in Bishkek on April 8, 2010. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today he will send a special envoy to Kyrgyzstan, where opposition forces have taken control of the government after bloody riots. Meanwhile, the European security body OSCE also announced it would dispatch a high level envoy, Zhanybek Karibzhanov, deputy speaker of the Kazakh lower house of parliament, who was to arrive in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan shortly. (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

Kyrgyz protesters waving the national flag, ride on a truck in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Police in Kyrgyzstan opened fire on thousands of angry protesters who tried to seize the main government building amid rioting in the capital as protests spread across the Central Asian nation. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

CROPPED VERSION - A Kyrgyz opposition throws a projectile at riot police during an anti-government protest in Bishkek on April 7, 2010. Opposition followers killed Kyrgyzstan's interior minister, took the deputy prime minister hostage and captured state television in a deadly revolt against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. A source in the office of Interior Minister Moldomus Kongantiyev revealed that he had been killed in riots in the northwest hub of Talas where the first protests had erupted. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

A plain clothes policeman kicks an anti-government protester in Bishkek April 7, 2010. Kyrgyz forces fired on thousands of protesters in central Bishkek on Wednesday after some of the protesters tried to smash two trucks through the perimeter fence of the government building, said a Reuters reporter at the scene. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY Men lay dead during clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters near the presidential administration in Bishkek April 7, 2010. At least 17 people were killed and 142 injured in clashes between riot police and opposition protesters in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, the Kyrgyz Kabar news agency said.REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) TEMPLATE OUT

Protesters try to take a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) from a riot policeman during clashes in Bishkek April 7, 2010. At least 17 people were killed and 142 injured in clashes between riot police and opposition protesters in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, the Kyrgyz Kabar news agency said. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

epa02107141 Participants of a Kyrgyz opposition rally help a wounded man during unrest in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 07 April 2010. Anti-government riots have broken out across Kyrgyzstan, with 17 people reported killed on 07 April 2010 as police clashed with demonstrators in the capital Bishkek. EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO

Kyrgyz police open fire on protestors near the main government buildings in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Police in Kyrgyzstan opened fire on thousands of angry protesters who tried to seize the main government building amid rioting in the capital as protests spread across the Central Asian nation. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

epa02106783 A general view of the scene as Kyrgyz opposition supporters gather in a central square of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 07 April 2010. By late 06 April, hundreds of protesters angry over rising heat and power prices had overrun a government office on the main square of Talas, a town of 30,000 people about 200 kilometers west of the capital, Bishkek. The clashes began after the demonstrators in the impoverished Central Asian nation assembled on the central square armed with rocks and flammable liquids. Ten participants in an opposition rally in Bishkek have been shot dead today. EPA/str

An unidenttified man fires an automatic weapon near the main government building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Police in Kyrgyzstan opened fire on thousands of angry protesters who tried to seize the Central Asian nation's main government building, after beating up dozens of police officers. At least four protesters were shot dead.(AP Photo/Azamat Imanaliyev)

Kyrgyz riot policemen try to protect themselves during clashes with opposition supporters demonstrating against the government in Bishkek on April 7, 2010. Opposition followers killed Kyrgyzstan's interior minister, took the deputy prime minister hostage and captured state television in a deadly revolt on April 7 against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. A source in the office of Interior Minister Moldomus Kongantiyev revealed that he had been killed in riots in the northwest hub of Talas where the first protests had erupted. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

Kyrgyz protesters beat police officers at the opposition headquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Police in Kyrgyzstan opened fire on thousands of angry protesters who tried to seize the main government building amid rioting in the capital as protests spread across the Central Asian nation. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Apr. 07, 2010 - Bishkek, China - (100407) -- BISHKEK, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A protestor throws stones outside the presidential office in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, April 7, 2010. At least 10 protesters were killed and scores of others injured when Kyrgyz opposition supporters, who were demanding the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, clashed with riot police outside the presidential office Wednesday.. (Xinhua/Sadat) (Credit Image: © Xinhua/ZUMApress.com)

A Kyrgyz riot policemen's car burns near the Government building in the capital Bishkek on April 7, 2010. Opposition followers killed Kyrgyzstan's interior minister, took the deputy prime minister hostage and captured state television in a deadly revolt against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Kyrgyz opposition supporter waves the national flag near the main government building during an anti-government protest in Bishkek on April 7, 2010. Opposition followers killed Kyrgyzstan's interior minister, took the deputy prime minister hostage and captured state television in a deadly revolt against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. A source in the office of Interior Minister Moldomus Kongantiyev revealed that he had been killed in riots in the northwest hub of Talas where the first protests had erupted. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

Kyrgyz opposition supporters carry a man injured near the main government building during an anti-government protest in Bishkek on April 7, 2010. Opposition followers killed Kyrgyzstan's interior minister, took the deputy prime minister hostage and captured state television in a deadly revolt against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. A source in the office of Interior Minister Moldomus Kongantiyev revealed that he had been killed in riots in the northwest hub of Talas where the first protests had erupted. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

An ambulance packed with injured people prepares to leave the main government building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Police in Kyrgyzstan opened fire Wednesday on thousands of angry protesters who tried to seize the Central Asian nation's main government building after beating up dozens of police officers. At least four protesters were shot dead.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Kyrgyz opposition supporters protest against the government in Bishkek on April 7, 2010. Opposition followers killed Kyrgyzstan's Interior minister, took the deputy prime minister hostage and captured state television in a deadly revolt on April 7 against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. A source in the office of Interior Minister Moldomus Kongantiyev revealed that he had been killed in riots in the northwest hub of Talas where the first protests had erupted. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

Opposition supporters burn a billboard displaying Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev during a rally in the northwestern town of Talas April 6, 2010. Kyrgyz protesters demonstrating against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev stormed a government office in the northwestern town of Talas on Tuesday and there were conflicting reports on the fate of the regional governor. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/www.azattyk.org (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)