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Events on Wednesday 7 April 2010 1
2010Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010Uprising topples President BakiyevViolent protests over corruption and rising utility prices forced President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee Kyrgyzstan after security forces killed dozens of demonstrators in the capital, Bishkek. An interim government took power and later held a referendum establishing a parliamentary system. Ethnic violence in the south of the country followed in the months after.