Ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan have claimed the lives of at least 97 people, a local health ministry spokeswoman said on Sunday.
"Ninety-seven people have died in the Osh and Jalalabad regions. A total of 1247 people have turned for medical help," the spokeswoman said.
Deadly ethnic riots swept through the country's second-largest city of Osh and another southern city of Jalalabad on Friday and Saturday.
Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbek groups set ablaze cars, crushed the stores and markets as well as the residential houses. The looters have been rampaging through the streets during the days of rioting.
BISHKEK, June 13 (RIA Novosti)
