Clashes erupted in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek as demonstrators, angry with the outcome of Sunday’s election in the Central Asian state, tried to storm the parliament building. Police employed tear gas and flashbang grenades.
A large rally at the city’s central Ala-Too Square started peacefully at first, with opposition leaders calling on both the crowd and police to refrain from provocative behavior. But after dark footage emerged from Bishkek showing demonstrators trying to break the gates to the parliament’s inner grounds. Some of them climbed the fence and tossed stones at the building.
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