(Itar-Tass) - An kaboom occurred in downtown Bishkek on Tuesday morning near the building of the Kyrgyzstan Sports Palace (KSP).A Republican Interior Ministry officer has told Itar-Tass that, according to preliminary data, four coppers were maimed. "They all are suffering from slight injuries, including those inflicted by the blast wave," the officer said.
Preliminary information has it that the so far unidentified bomb was planted under a sewer system manhole.
A trial of ex-president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, some of his relatives and former high officials has been going on at the KSP for several days now. They all are suspected of being implicated in the April 7 firing at a demonstration of opposition supporters in the centre of Bishkek. Almost 90 people were killed and over 100 maimed as a result of the firing.