

Riot police officers block a road in the village of Koy Tash, where is located the residence of the former Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev, outside capital Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz security forces stormed the house of former president Almazbek Atambayev on August 7 but Atambayev’s supporters have surrounded the residence and repulsed an attack capturing several police officers and preventing the ex-president from being captured.
- Package: Kyrgyzstan Ex-president Detention
- Categories: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Event date: 08.08.2019
- Date published: 08.08.2019
- Author: Nuris Alymbaev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1196x673px, 570.8Kb
- Job-ID: 2e0df37aa500b1ff