Recent interethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan was a new form of terrorism, the deputy head of the Kyrgyz interim government said on Tuesday.
Violent clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek groups in southern Kyrgyzstan broke out in the city of Osh on June 11 and then spread to the neighboring Jalalabad region, leaving nearly 200 dead and more than 2,000 injured according to official figures.
Kyrgyz leaders admit however that the real death toll could be 10 times higher.
"It was kind of a new form of terrorist attack - interethnic conflict," Omurbek Tekebaev said, adding the clashes were deliberately triggered.
Tekebaev also said extremists could take over the country.
He also stressed the necessity of an international investigation into the conflict.
BISHKEK, July 13 (RIA Novosti)
