Refugees flee Kyrgyzstan ethic violence which has killed 170
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The number of refugees fleeing the deadliest ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan in 20 years may soon rise to 100,000, a UN envoy said Tuesday.
Clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbek residents in the cities of Osh and Jalalabad began Thursday last week and escalated over the weekend. Witnesses said gangs with automatic rifles, iron bars and machetes set fire to houses and shot fleeing residents. At least 170 people were killed in the violence. (Reuters)
