04 November 2009
Seyitbek Murataliyev
Knife attack
Seyitbek Murataliyev, the editor of the independent weekly Zhylan, has died after a savage attack in which he was stabbed more than a dozen times.
His body was found by police in a communal area of his apartment building in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. According to the police, Forensic scientists have counted 13 stab wounds on the body of Seyitbek Murataliyev. Zhylan newspaper frequently criticized the government of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, writing primarily about police corruption and the country's powerful but secretive security services.
