Violence intensifies in Kyrgyzstan capital

Intense gun battles are taking place across the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek.

Intense gun battles are taking place across the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek.

A bloody uprising in the impoverished Central Asian nation yesterday left at least 75 people dead and 400 injured.

The latest violence broke out after the president said he wouldn't admit defeat.

An Interior Ministry spokesman has said several hundred police are fighting about 500 looters who are rampaging through shops and the main market.

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