Adil Turdukulov, member of the Political Council of SDPK party, was summoned for questioning by the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the events in Koi-Tash on August 7-8. He informed about it on Facebook.
According to him, he will go. The interrogation is scheduled for 17.00. The Interior Ministry said that Turdukulov was summoned as a witness.
On August 7, the special forces of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan attempted to storm Almazbek Atambayev’s residence in Koi-Tash village. The storm failed twice. About 45 people were injured during the riots; the Deputy Commander of Alpha special forces died from a gunshot wound.
On August 8, special units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs carried out special operation to detain the former president Atambayev. After a two-hour confrontation, the police managed to force the situation — Almazbek Atambayev decided to surrender. A preventive measure — detention in pretrial detention center of SCNS until August 26 — was selected for him. It was extended until October 26.
Almazbek Atambayev is accused of particularly serious crimes — violence against law enforcement agencies, murder, hostage-taking, riots and corruption.
