Attackers stab journalist in Kyrgyzstan

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

BISHKEK, March 4 (Reuters) - Unidentified assailants attacked a prominent Kyrgyz journalist outside his newsroom and stabbed him repeatedly, his editor said on Wednesday.

Syrgak Abdyldayev, 47, a member of the opposition party Ata Meken, was taken to hospital on Tuesday evening with stab wounds and fractures. He was in a stable condition in intensive care.

Violent attacks on journalists are rare in the impoverished Central Asian state, although the U.S. Department of State cited "pressure on independent media" in its report on Kyrgyz human rights last month.

"He wrote political stories, criticised the government, carried out investigations," said Turat Akimov, editor of the Reporter-Bishkek newspaper where Abdyldayev works.



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