Tuesday, February 14, 2012


Kyrgyzstan

Local Kyrgyz Lawmaker Killed

(RFE/RL)

March 30, 2006 -- Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry has been quoted as saying a local lawmaker in Kyrgyzstan's northern city of Naryn has been murdered.

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Interfax quotes the ministry's press service as saying Talas Baibosov was found stabbed to death in house on March 29.


Naryn police say he was killed by someone wielding a kitchen knife. Police have said they are considering it a domestic crime.


(Interfax)

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