There is a riot in the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Administrative buildings are being seized
In the capital of Kyrgyzstan, parliamentary elections ended with riots and the seizure of administrative buildings.
Izvestia writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The leaders of the losing parties declared the election results falsified and demanded that they be canceled and a re-vote be held.
On the afternoon of October 5, oppositionists gathered in the center of Bishkek, and after an attempt to break down the gate to the complex where the parliament and the presidential administration are located, clashes began.
Initially, the police pushed the protesters away from the building using water cannons and stun grenades, but then paving stones and Molotov cocktails were used.
“Towards nightfall, protesters made a second attempt to storm the White House. The gate was rammed by a truck, after which they broke into the building. Inside, protesters burned and vandalized the offices of deputies. Some looted and left the White House with “souvenirs.” Others threw stacks of papers out of windows. On social networks, protesters posted photographs of trampled portraits of the current president of Kyrgyzstan. Then a strong fire broke out in the building, and clouds of smoke poured out of the windows,” the publication writes.
Later, protesters approached the building of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), where former President Almazbek Atambayev, sentenced to 11 years in prison in a corruption case, was being held in a pre-trial detention center.
The gates to the pre-trial detention center were broken down, after which Atambayev was released.
“Other officials were also released. It is known that the rioters released former Prime Minister Sapar Isakov, former deputies Ravshan Dzheenbekov and Sadyr Japarov,” the material notes.
The newspaper also talked to residents of Bishkek, who told what was happening in the city.
“The Internet has not yet been restored; everyone is using a VPN. I personally use my home Wi-Fi, it hasn’t been turned off, only mobile Internet. According to friends, the protesters teamed up with security forces and entered the White House. They wanted new elections, but they overthrew the government,” said a resident of the Kyrgyz capital, introduced as Nursultan.
However, another resident of Bishkek, Isken, says that the Internet and mobile communications are working.
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