Correspondent of the Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta Irina Gordiyenko reports from the central square of Osh, the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan, that senior officers of the Osh regional division of secret services are addressing thousands of supporters of the opposition at the rally.

"All senior officials of the Osh police and National Security Service came to the rally of their own volition. They intend to address the rally," Gordiyenko told Ferghana.Ru news agency by phone. "They will swear allegiance to the people several minutes from now in the gesture indicating that they have taken up with the insurgents."

Rally of the opposition continues in Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan. The city is practically in the hands of the protesters. At about 11.00 a.m. they seized several buildings including those of the National Security Service, regional directorate of internal affairs, and regional and municipal prosecutor's offices. The Internal Troops and policemen fell back under the assault.

Moderate and radical opposition activists are addressing the rally. Some of them encourage the protesters to attack the Osh jail in order to liberate all inmates including criminals.

Formal opposition leaders (Anvar Artikov, Roza Otunbayeva, Umirbek Tekebayev, Dusheinkul Chotonov) are in the square too, trying to control the mob, calling for order, and issuing orders on organization of self-defense detachments.