Suspect in robbery attacks policemen with knife

12:36, 07 октября 2019, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA

Suspect in robbery resisted police officers in Bishkek. Press service of the Main Internal Affairs Department of the capital reported.

A citizen I.S. reportedly turned to the police. He asked to take measures against unknown Caucasian persons who had kept him in an apartment for five hours, beaten, threatened with murder and stolen $ 3,000.

"The police investigators found out the address of an apartment where they kept the man, and searched it. The suspect attacked the police with a knife. He was arrested and placed in a temporary detention center. A number of examinations have been commissioned. Investigative actions are underway to find out the whereabouts and detain the remaining suspects. A knife, a firearm and drugs were confiscated during the search. The fact was registered,” the police department said.