Bayaman Erkinbayev
Bayaman Erkinbayev (Баяман Эркинбаев, c. 1967 - September 22, 2005) was a top
Starting out as a worker at a
Erkinbayev was a key figure behind the March 2005 events, where around 2,000 of his
Erkinbayev was lauded as a hero in his hometown of Osh after the revolution, when some 20,000 people gathered in Osh’s main square to celebrate the regime’s fall. He was reported to exercise strong influence over small businesses in the Osh region, and was widely rumoured to be associated with the criminal world. Erkinbayev operated at the turbulent intersection where
Erkinbayev survived an assassination attempt on April 28, 2005, in which he was shot at from a car, and sported a bandage over his nose. He believed that the motive was political, but also felt that it could have been an attempt to wrestle control of his business empire. On September 22, 2005, however, Erkinbayev sustained bullet wounds to his neck and chest, when he was attacked by unidentified assailants from behind some bushes after arriving home by car late that day. He died in hospital, aged 38.
References
- ^ "Kyrgyzstan: Revolution Revisited . Timeline . Page 2". EurasiaNet.org. Eurasianet. 2006. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ Marat, Erica (October 2006). "The State-Crime Nexus in Central Asia: State Weakness, Organized Crime, and Corruption in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan" (PDF). Silk Road Paper (www.silkroadstudies.org). Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program – A Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center. Archived from the original (pdf) on 24 September 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
Further reading
- (in Russian) Чынайым Кутманалиева, Шарапат Эркинбаева: «Баяман освободил заложников» «Асман инфо» № 3, 31 March 2011, pp. 8–9 (interview with Erkinbayev's mother)