Andijan - the uprising spreads

A couple of articles from Centrasia.ru - I believe all of the time-stamps on their articles are Moscow time, so these are just about an hour old. It looks like this could be a Kyrgyzstan scenario, but with much more stubborn and violent resistance from the leader than was seen in that country:

KZ-today - According to eyewitnesses over 300 people are dead in Andijan
13:19 14.05.2005

As a result of the battles in Andijan, over 300 people are dead, according to eyewitness reports gathered by the Tashkent correspondent of KZ-today.

According to a medical worker from Andijan, the city morgue is currently overcrowded. Doctors are concerned that the bodies soon will begin to decompose, since it is very hot in the city.

At this time, the building of the regional hokimiyat [administration], which had been seized by the rebels, has been liberated. The armed rebels and government soldiers who did battle yesterday and throughout last night have disappeared to an unknown location. The people who were inside the admininstration building, according to eyewitnesses, are not among the living or among the dead.

At the same time, locals are gathering in the square. At this time, more than 10,000 people have gathered. People are arriving from the Andijan and Ferghana regions, as well as from the city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan. The people gathered on the square are demanding to meet with representatives of the authorities. They have stated a list of economic and social demands: that the problems of unemployment and poverty be solved, that the tyranny of the militia [police - trans.] in relation to peaceful civilians be ended, and others.

Meanwhile, KZ-today's correspondent has reported that gunfire is once again audible in the city.

In addition, journalists are being thrown out of Andijan.

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Airplanes filled with troops are arriving at the Ferghana airport one after another
13:01, 14.05.2005

Information agency Ferghana.Ru, proprietary information, 14.05.2005 12:57

According to reports from Ferghana, numerous personnel transport aircraft are arriving at the local airport. According to as yet unconfirmed reports, the Uzbek authorities are deploying additional forces in the Ferghana Valley. Refugees from Uzbekistan are massing along several parts of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border. Diler Djumaboev, an activist of the underground Hizb-ut-Tahrir party from the Kyrgyz city of Karasu, confirmed over the telephone that in the Uzbek city of Karasu the local khokim (governor) has been taken hostage by rebels. It is not yet clear whether the Uzbek authorities intend to or are in fact able to resist the already massive civil disobedience protests taking place in the Andijan region. According to official Uzbek reports, there is no unrest anywhere in the country other than in Andijan.