Overview

In ** June of 2010 **, a series of ethnic riots broke out in the city of ** Osh, Kyrgyzstan **. Local ** Kyrgyzstan gangs ** of the area traveled around the city, broke into people's houses, and questioned them to discover if they had an ethnic background from Uzbekistan. Once they found out if the people of the house were ethnic Uzbeks, they would mercilessly ** kill them and toss their bodies into the street **.

In an account made by some of her neighbors, a woman named Zarifa – an ethnic Uzbek who was living in the city during this time – was dragged out of her house and questioned by a small group of Kyrgyzstan gang members, beaten and raped, and then killed along with her son right outside of her home. When the gang was through them, they proceeded to toss the bodies into the street and set her house on fire. They then moved on to the next house. Similar attacks occurred in other parts of the city.

Take a look at this link (below) to see a small graphic organizer of the event.