BISHKEK -- Police in Kyrgyzstan have arrested three men suspected of robbing and fatally beating a Kazakh tourist, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
Interior Ministry spokesman Bakyt Seyitov told RFE/RL today that one of the suspects is a 17-year-old resident of Bishkek. The other two, both aged 20, are from the village of Kara-Oy near Lake Issyk-Kul in northern Kyrgyzstan.
Seyitov said the suspects are currently being held at Bishkek's main detention center. They face charges of robbery with assault and assault with a fatal outcome.
Investigators reportedly found the suspects in possession of a watch and a bag belonging to the victim.
Erlan Balmakhaev, 32, was robbed and severely beaten near a resort at Lake Issyk-Kul on August 7. He fell into a coma after being hospitalized and died in a clinic in Bishkek on August 14.
President Roza Otunbaeva had ordered Interior Minister Zarylbek Rysaliev to put the investigation of the case under his personal control.
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Interior Ministry spokesman Bakyt Seyitov told RFE/RL today that one of the suspects is a 17-year-old resident of Bishkek. The other two, both aged 20, are from the village of Kara-Oy near Lake Issyk-Kul in northern Kyrgyzstan.
Seyitov said the suspects are currently being held at Bishkek's main detention center. They face charges of robbery with assault and assault with a fatal outcome.
Investigators reportedly found the suspects in possession of a watch and a bag belonging to the victim.
Erlan Balmakhaev, 32, was robbed and severely beaten near a resort at Lake Issyk-Kul on August 7. He fell into a coma after being hospitalized and died in a clinic in Bishkek on August 14.
President Roza Otunbaeva had ordered Interior Minister Zarylbek Rysaliev to put the investigation of the case under his personal control.
Read more in Kyrgyz here