A riot police guards behind a burning barricade during clashes with local residents in the village of Koy Tash, Kyrgyzstan. Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on August 8 surrendered to law enforcement after a two-day standoff between special police units that stormed his residence in Koy Tash and his supporters who defended it.
- Package: Kyrgyzstan Ex-president Detention
- Categories: Crime, Law & Justice, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Event date: 08.08.2019
- Date published: 09.08.2019
- Author: Tabyldy Kadyrbekov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2827x1855px, 1.3Mb
- Job-ID: 50fba94d8b90935c