Driver who hit journalist Saipidin Sultanaliev detained

The driver who hit an investigative journalist Saipidin Sultanaliev was detained. The Main Traffic Safety Department confirmed the information to 24.kg news agency.

According to the department, a 19-year-old Toyota Camry driver N.E. was identified during the search. He was handed over to the investigation department of the Central Internal Affairs Department of Bishkek.

Earlier it was reported that the investigative journalist, employee of Archa Media (Next-TV channel), and the author of Sobolum Bar!!! project Saipidin Sultanaliev was seriously injured in a traffic accident.