"Slaughter in Andijan" - Ferghana.ru

This is still the top story on Echo of Moscow radio this morning - apparently gunfire is still being heard in the city and the regional administration building has not yet been captured by the government troops - and they cite the latest reports from Ferghana.ru (these translations are by me, and they are hasty, so please forgive any minor errors):

Slaughter in Andijan: merciless shooting of peaceful residents
Information Agency Ferghana.Ru, proprietary information, 14.05.2005, 07.41 [MSK?]

According to a telephone report from Ferghana.Ru correspondent A. Volosevich, who is located in the center of Andijan, the events of last night and this morning have turned into a cruel slaughter and the merciless shooting of peaceful residents, organized by Uzbekistan's security forces. Here we quote our correspondent and a local resident who was injured by government forces:

A. Volosevich: "We are located near the building of the "Chulpon" (formerly "Yubileinyi") movie theater. In the pile of bodies dumped on the asphalt near the theater, I counted thirty dead. These are civilians, not a single soldier or policeman among them. According to eyewitnesses, during yesterday's storm, when soldiers and special forces attacked the square in front of the local hokimiyat [administration] building, hundreds of unarmed, peaceful residents were shot by armored personnel carriers and infantry combat vehicles [BTR and BMP] as well as automatic weapons. First they were fired on from the military vehicles' machine guns, and then the soldiers who followed on foot mercilessly finished off the injured, including women and children."

Azim Karimov (local resident, wounded, shouting): "Yesterday I came here to look for my children! Soldiers were going down the streets and killing children, finishing off the wounded lying on the ground! Do they have mothers and children, these soldiers? What does our president think? Why do we need such a president, who gives orders to shoot at his own people?!

If Volosevich's report is true, then I am speechless. It is interesting that they were able to find among the wounded someone with the same last name as the president.

Another story from the scene:

Reuters correspondent in Andijan arrested
Information Agency Ferghana.Ru, proprietary information, 14.05.2005, 07.37 [MSK?]

Reuters correspondent Shamil Baigin, who has been in Andijan for the past several days, has been arrested and is currently being held at the police station, reported Ferghana.Ru correspondent Alexey Volosevich. There are just three journalists representing foreign publications in the city: Ferghana.Ru correspondent Alexey Volosevich, the aforementioned Sh. Baigin, and the director of the Uzbekisten office of IWPR Galima Bukharbaeva.