Kyrgyz police has initiated 90 criminal cases over killings committed during the interethnic conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan, Osh region Commandant Baktybek Alymbekov said on Saturday.
"Kyrgyz Interior Ministry has initiated 90 criminal cases over murders and looting, 195 dead bodies have been found [in Osh and Jalalabad regions], 70 of them are identified," Alymbekov said, adding that over 20 people are missing.
Police officers have seized 11 firearms and 85 units of ammunition, he said.
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 that the real death toll could be 10 times higher.
OSH, June 19 (RIA Novosti)
