A well-known Kyrgyz journalist Alisher Saipov was killed on 24 October in downtown Osh. Under protection of anonymity, a Kyrgyz State Security Committee officer agreed to share some details of investigation.

On 24 October, at 19:08 the Osh city Interior Department received a report about a dead body found in one of the city dwelling areas. Upon the crime scene, investigators found three bullet shells. Alisher Saipov was shot dead, supposedly from a Makarov pistol. Investigators are waiting for preliminary results of autopsy and ballistic tests.

According to the first reports, no witnesses have been identified. The Osh municipal police applied to the citizens asking for their assistance in investigation.

In different periods, Alisher Saipov worked for Ferghana.ru news agency, Voice of America, and Radio Liberty. Lately, he has been both publisher and editor of an Uzbek-language newspaper «Siyosat» («Politics»).

According to the «24.kg» news agency, one of the preliminary allegations voiced by the police concerning the murder is Saipov’s professional activities.

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