Police in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh say they have prevented another bride snatching. The police said on January 4 that they had stopped a car for speeding on December 31 and found a 23-year-old woman inside the vehicle asking for help as she had been kidnapped by two 25-year-old men, one of whom intended to forcibly marry her. Thousands of bride kidnappings occur each year in Kyrgyzstan despite the criminalization of the practice in 2013. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.
