ALMA-ATA, June 10 (Xinhuanet) -- A leading Kyrgyz lawmaker was shot dead in the center of the capital Bishkek on Friday, local media quoted police sources as saying.

    Police identified the dead as Zhirgalbek Surabaldiyev, but gaveno further details on the assassination as well as its motives.

    Surabaldiyev's driver was injured in the attack.

    As an influential parliamentarian, Surabaldiyev was also the head of a national grouping of entrepreneurs, the Kyrgyzstan Business Union. He owned the country's biggest second-hand car market. Enditem