Monument to police special task officers killed in line of duty opened in Bishkek

AKIPRESS.COM - The monument to police special task force officers killed in the line of duty was opened in the Interior Ministry's special task force regiment Shumkar in Bishkek.
Deputy Interior Minister Almaz Orozaliev, Interior Ministry Veterans Council Chairman Sultan Jooshbaev, commander of special task force regiment Askat Sultanaliev, veterans, family members of killed officers attended the opening ceremony.
One minute of silence was observed and flowers were laid at the monument.
87 police officers were killed from 1918 to 1991. Since 1991 and up to date, 57 police officers were killed in the line of duty, 11 of them were special task force officers.