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Pakistani students injured in mob attacks in Bishkek

BISHKEK: Several Pakistani students were injured in mob violence around student hostels in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek.

Violent clashes have erupted between student groups in Bishkek with reports of attackers using batons. The attackers forcefully entered the hostel rooms and wounded several international students including Pakistanis.

The violence reportedly erupted due to a harassment incident involving Egyptian female students on May 13.

Pakistan’s embassy in Kyrgyzstan issued an advisory to the Pakistani students in Bishkek to stay indoors.

“In view of mob violence around student hostels in Bishkek, the embassy strongly advise all Pakistani students in Bishkek to stay indoors until the situation return to normal,” Pakistan’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Hasan Zaigham wrote on X, early on Saturday.

“We are liaising with the local law enforcement authorities to ensure safety of our student fraternity.”

The Kyrgyz government said 28 people were injured, including three foreigners, in mob violence in Bishkek on the night of May 17-18 that appeared to be directed against foreign students and migrants.

According to reports, the violence broke out after a video in purportedly showing Kyrgyz students fighting medical students from Egypt on May 13 was widely shared online, with mobs gathering in several spots in Bishkek after users on social media claimed those who were beaten were Kyrgyz youths, without providing any evidence.

Riot police eventually cordoned off areas where mobs had gathered after video footage circulating online showed mobs attacking what appear to be foreign students in the street outside a hostel and beating them inside a dormitory.

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