The United Nations urged Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday to prevent the spread of indiscriminate ethnic killing beyond its borders and said the number of refugees fleeing the clashes may soon exceed 100,000.
At least 170 people have been killed in the cities of Osh and Jalalabad in the deadliest ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan in 20 years. Witnesses said gangs armed with automatic rifles, iron bars and machetes set fire to houses and shot fleeing residents.
The clashes, which began on Thursday night and escalated over the weekend, have fueled concern in Russia and the United States, both of whom operate military air bases in the strategic but volatile nation west of China.
By: Brant
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