The government order to shoot rioters dead failed to stop spiraling violence that has cost more than 100 lives and over 1,000 wounded in the impoverished Central Asian nation since the violence began Thursday night.
Victims of the clashes between the Kyrgyz majority and members of Kyrgyzstan's Uzbek minority have described the attacks as attempted pogroms.
Ethnic violence sweeping the Central Asian Republic spread to the country's third city of Jalalabad last night as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev refused a desperate call to send troops to help subdue the crisis.
Armed gangs shot at least six people in Jalalabad last night. Machine gun fire could still be heard this morning, and a television centre, and houses around the city were ablaze.
Moscow said it was sending humanitarian aid to former Soviet Republic, but turned down a desperate request to send troops.
By: Brant
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