Atambayev appears in courtroom

AKIPRESS.COM - On November 27 ex-President Almazbek Atambayev, ex-Head of President's Office Farid Niyazov and former employee of 9th service of GKNB Kanat Sagymbayev were brought to Pervomaiskiy district court of Bishkek.
They are to be tried for the events that took place on August 7-8, 2019 in Koi-Tash village.
The Koi-Tash events saw storming of ex-President Almazbek Atambayev's residence to detain him. The first storming by SWAT soldiers on August 7, 2019 left dozens injured and 1 national security task force officer dead. 6 SWAT soldiers were taken hostage and released the next day. The second storming by Interior Ministry police on August 8, 2019 ended with Atambayev's arrest.