Those who disagreed with the election results in Kyrgyzstan began to storm the parliament building, the police used tear gas

Residents of Bishkek gathered in the central square of Ala-Too to protest against the preliminary results of elections to the parliament of Kyrgyzstan. By the end of the day, some of them began to storm the White House, the police used tear gas and stun grenades, reported . RIA Novosti

According to the agency, several thousand people came to the square today. The rally was organized by several opposition parties at once, which could not overcome the threshold of 7% of the vote and did not get into the Zhogorku Kenesh - the country's parliament. Leaders of political movements and their supporters are demanding an annulment of the voting results. In parallel with this, the townspeople gathered at the Opera and Ballet Theatre, later two rallies merged.

“We openly express dissatisfaction on the street! Dirty elections - no! We do not recognize them! Corrupt officials and bandits should be in prison. Their place is there, not in parliament. We must fight together. Our fathers shed their blood for their native land, and the current authorities are selling it. We must persistently offer to annul the elections,” Mirlan Jeenchoroev, leader of the Respublika party, said during the rally.

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The Ministry of Health of the country reports that at the moment it is known about 16 victims taken to hospitals in Bishkek.&

According to 24.kg , during the dispersal of the protesters, the former press secretary of the president of the republic, deputy of parliament Zhanar Akayev was wounded in the leg with a rubber bullet. Stones were thrown at two security officials and they were taken to the National Hospital with a concussion.&

Some of the protesters overturned the police car. Also, during the riots, two ambulances were smashed with stones.&

On the eve of the country's parliamentary elections, the turnout was 56.5%. Only four parties managed to overcome the seven percent barrier, three of which are pro-government. In total, 16 political associations were represented in the elections, the opposition reports large-scale fraud and demands a revision of the results.