Kyrgyzstan: Shootout in Jalalabad Kills Armed Militants

Five alleged members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan were killed in a firefight with Kyrgyz security troops in the southern province of Jalalabad on June 23.

The shooting started during the early hours of June 23 after members of a State Committee for National Security SWAT team surrounded a house in Jalalabad city, Kyrgyz media outlets report on June 23.

The targets of the raid fought back using hand grenades, explosives and automatic weapons. The firefight ended when the house the suspected militants were in exploded and was consumed in a fireball, the news website CA-News.org reported.

One Kyrgyz security office was killed and another wounded in the incident. Law enforcement agents were sweeping Jalalabad's suburbs in a search for other suspected militants, the report added.