BISHKEK. Sept 11 (Interfax) - Kyrgyz military prosecutors will review the actions by Interior Ministry and State National Security Committee officials that occurred during the August 7-8 clashes provoked by an attempt to capture the republic's ex-president Almazbek Atambayev in the village of Koi-Tash near Bishkek.
"The collective statement by residents of the village of Koi-Tash in regards to the actions by Kyrgyz Interior Ministry and State National Security Committee officials has been sent to military prosecutors to be considered as part of the current pre-trial investigation, after which a legal evaluation will be given," the Kyrgyz supervisory body said in a report released on Wednesday.
"The Investigative Service of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry is investigating eight pre-trial cases based on attempted murder, murder, hostage-taking, riots, and hooliganism enshrined in Articles 130, 244, 264, and 266 of the Kyrgyz Criminal Code based on the events that occurred on August 7-8," the Prosecutor General's Office said.
"They have been combined into one case," the agency said.
After the riots in early August, the Kyrgyz parliament ordered the Prosecutor General's Office to conduct a comprehensive and objective investigation into the events in Koi-Tash.
Special operations forces of Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security attempted to detain Atambayev in the village of Koi-Tash 20 kilometers from the country's capital of Bishkek on August 7, leading to clashes with the ex-president's supporters. One Special Forces officer died from a gunshot wound. Six Special Forces members were taken hostage and released the next day.
The clashes continued on August 8 when Special Forces undertook another attempt to detain the former president. Atambayev was arrested.
On August 20, the court prolonged Atambayev's arrest until October 26.
It was reported earlier that Atambayev was suspected of committing several serious crimes, including the organization of mass riots and attempted murder during the events of August 7-8. He had previously been charged with corruption during the modernization of the Bishkek Heat and Power Plant and deliveries of coal to it. He is also suspected of illegal enrichment, money laundering, and organizing a corruption ring around the issuance of licenses in the mining industry.