“One spetsnaz officer was taken in an extremely serious condition with a gunshot wound to the Bishkek Center for Traumatology and Orthopedics, was urgently taken for surgery, but died despite resuscitation,” said Zhyldyz Aygerchinova, spokeswoman for the department.

Earlier it became known that as a result of the assault on Atambayev’s residence in Koy-Tash, at least 15 people were injured and taken to hospitals.

Against the background of the events taking place in the country, the current President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov interrupted his vacation and went to Bishkek.