In 2010, a series of deadly ethnic clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks resulted in the death of over 400 people in Kyrgyzstan‘s southern region of Osh and Jalal-Abad. Tens of thousands more were displaced by the unrest. The Kyrgyz authorities said the inter-ethnic clashes were instigated by people loyal to ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, a pro-US leader who came to power following the 2005 „Tulip Revolution.“