Police have used force to disperse demonstrators, including stun grenades, tear gas, and water cannon.
Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek and other cities across country are seeing protests following Sunday's parliamentary election that many believe was unfair.
Police have used force to disperse demonstrators, including stun grenades, tear gas, and water cannon, the BBC reports.
"It seems like utter chaos here in Bishkek," said Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford, reporting from the capital Bishkek. "We've seen protesters gathered there [outside parliament] throughout the day, estimates of numbers anywhere between five and ten thousand people crammed in the main square protesting over these elections results."
Reports are also coming in of injuries – both among the protesters and the police. One opposition leader, Janar Akaev, is among those injured, BBC wrote.
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This is what triggered the police response. The police had said that they wouldn't interfere in the protests as long as they stayed peaceful - but this was seen as a provocative act.
Only four parties out of 16 passed the 7% barrier to make it to parliament, including three with close ties to President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, BBC reported.
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Meanwhile, the country's opposition parties have declared that they will not recognize the results of the election.