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Wednesday, 04 February 2004
MEDIA CENTER ATTACKED IN SOUTH KYRGYZSTAN
By empty (2/4/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The internationally funded Osh Media Resource Center in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh was attacked by two unidentified masked men in the early morning hours of 4 February. After assaulting a security guard and making verbal threats against journalists, the attackers stole computers, disk drives and hard disks, a digital camera, and a multimedia projector, but failed to get into a secure room where the center\'s documentation is stored. Center Director Ernis Mamyrkanov told Interfax that the men were apparently looking for specific data.
The internationally funded Osh Media Resource Center in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh was attacked by two unidentified masked men in the early morning hours of 4 February. After assaulting a security guard and making verbal threats against journalists, the attackers stole computers, disk drives and hard disks, a digital camera, and a multimedia projector, but failed to get into a secure room where the center\'s documentation is stored. Center Director Ernis Mamyrkanov told Interfax that the men were apparently looking for specific data. The UNESCO- and U.S.-funded center provides technical support, including Internet access, to journalists and students in southern Kyrgyzstan. More than 120 local journalists are members of the center. (Interfax)