BISHKEK -- A 4-year-old Russian girl from the Kyrgyz town of Petrovka, allegedly raped by a 22-year local man of Kurdish origin on April 6, has arrived in the Kyrgyz capital with her mother and human rights activist Tolekan Ismailova, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
The girl is being treated in a private clinic in Bishkek.
Kyrgyz Deputy Interior Minister Sabyrbek Kurmanaliev told RFE/RL that a medical examination has confirmed that the girl was raped and infected with a venereal disease.
Reports of the rape sparked unrest in the town on April 26. Some 2,000 demonstrators demanded that all ethnic Kurds leave the town at once.
The girl is being treated in a private clinic in Bishkek.
Kyrgyz Deputy Interior Minister Sabyrbek Kurmanaliev told RFE/RL that a medical examination has confirmed that the girl was raped and infected with a venereal disease.
Reports of the rape sparked unrest in the town on April 26. Some 2,000 demonstrators demanded that all ethnic Kurds leave the town at once.