BISHKEK, March 20 (RIA Novosti) - The interior department building in Jalal-Abad has been practically burned down as a result of a storm by participants in a protest rally against the results of the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, witnesses report.
According to witnesses, police officers left the building the rally participants had showered with bottles with flame liquid.
According to unconfirmed data, there are wounded among the protesters and law enforcers.
During the storm police officers opened preventive fire into the air, RIA Novosti was told by sources in law enforcement bodies.
The protesters demanded annulment of the election results, as well as a change of power in the republic. The action participants elected "popular" power bodies and started establishing law and order squads of their own, including mounted detachments.
The parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan ended on March 13. Four hundred candidates vied for 75 seats.
