Kyrgyz Victims Recount Hostage Crisis In Uzbek Exclave
Dozens of Kyrgyz citizens have been released after they were taken hostage in the Uzbek exclave of Sokh, located within Kyrgyzstan's Batken Province and populated mainly by ethnic Tajiks. Several of the victims described their ordeal to RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service as they were receiving treatment for their injuries at the Batken District Hospital.
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