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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Gunmen in Kyrgyzstan have killed a lawmaker who was a driving force behind the protests in March that led to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev.
Bayaman Erkinbayev, 38, was shot three times in the neck and chest as he arrived by car at his home Wednesday evening in the capital, Bishkek, the BBC reported Thursday. He died shortly after being rushed to the hospital.
Erkinbayev was a wealthy businessman in southern Kyrgyzstan, where the anti-Akayev protests began. He is the second member of parliament to be killed since the popular uprising in March.
Erkinbayev reportedly was a former wrestler who owned shops and hotels around the southern city of Osh and was rumored to be associated with the criminal world.
In recent months, he had been involved in a dispute over control of a lucrative regional market.
In April, he escaped what he termed an attempt on his life, when he was shot in the face in Bishkek.
It is unclear whether the motivation for that attack was political -- at the time, he had announced plans to run for president -- or linked to his business interests.
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