The Kyrgyz interim government made a decision on Sunday to introduce a state of emergency in the entire territory of the Jalalabad Region in south Kyrgyzstan following recent riots and impose a curfew in the area.
"Due to the incessant clashes, the government decrees for the purposes of citizens' security to introduce a state of emergency in the entire territory of the Jalalabad Region and impose a curfew there from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.," the decree said.
The state of emergency will be in effect until June 22, 2010, the decree said.
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.
A state of emergency was introduced on Friday in the city of Osh and the four districts of the Osh Region and on Saturday in the city of Jalalabad and the Suzak district of the Jalalabad Region.
BISHKEK, June 13 (RIA Novosti)