Inmates at a prison hospital in Kyrgyzstan killed a parliamentarian and two other people after taking his entourage hostage. The deputy, Tynychbek Akmatbayev, had been visiting the tuberculosis hospital attached to Prison No 31, about 25km northwest of the capital Bishkek, when the violence erupted on Thursday. "The deputy Akmatbayev died from gunshot wounds," said a spokesman for the Justice Ministry's prisons service who asked not to be named. He could not immediately say how the prisoners acquired weapons. Two other members of his entourage were killed and the head of the prisons service, Imatulla Polotov, was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. His fate was unclear with conflicting statements about his condition. President Kurmanbek Bakiyev ordered an investigation into the killings after meeting Prime Minister Felix Kulov and top law enforcement officials in Bishkek.