The leader of a Kyrgyz opposition party has been injured after a team of gunmen broke into his home and pistol-whipped him.
The attack took place following this months national election which saw Kamchibek Tashiyev's nationalist Ata-Zhurt party gain almost 9% of the vote.
In June ethnic violence erupted in Kyrgyzstan leaving over 400 people dead and thousands injured and displaced. The President was subsequently overthrown and replaced by an interim government who have been accused of vote rigging and cirruption.
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