Police Storm Former Kyrgyz President’s Home to Try Arrest Him, 1 Dead, 35 Injured

Gunfire was being heard outside the residence of the former president of Kyrgyzstan as police move in to try to arrest him.

Kyrgyz former President Almazbek Atambayev, who was stripped of legal immunity after a parliamentary vote, and his supporters attend a meeting with journalists in the village of Koy-Tash near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on June 27, 2019. Vladimir Pirogov/File Photo via Reuters

MOSCOW—Gunfire was heard outside the residence of the former president of Kyrgyzstan as police moved in to try to arrest him.

Kyrgyzstan’s Health Ministry says a serviceman died during an operation to arrest the country’s ex-president on Aug. 7.