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| Kyrgyzstani ex-president survives ‘assassination attempt’ as govt sends troops to capital amid massive protests | Kyrgyzstani ex-president survives ‘assassination attempt’ as govt sends troops to capital amid massive protests |
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| Former Kyrgyzstani President Almazbek Atambayev has reportedly survived an assassination attempt, which injured one person. The incumbent leader, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, has ordered a state of emergency in Bishkek over mass protests. | |
| Atambayev’s car came under fire, his aide, Kunduz Zholdubaeva, said in a Facebook post, adding that the politician escaped unharmed. She also posted a video, in which Atambayev accuses some security officials and members of rival “clans” of trying to assassinate him while saying he got the information about the plot in advance. | Atambayev’s car came under fire, his aide, Kunduz Zholdubaeva, said in a Facebook post, adding that the politician escaped unharmed. She also posted a video, in which Atambayev accuses some security officials and members of rival “clans” of trying to assassinate him while saying he got the information about the plot in advance. |
| A video published on Twitter by a local journalist also allegedly shows a moment when an unknown assailant draws a pistol and fires at ex-president’s car as it drives through a busy crossing crowded with people in the nation’s capital of Bishkek. | A video published on Twitter by a local journalist also allegedly shows a moment when an unknown assailant draws a pistol and fires at ex-president’s car as it drives through a busy crossing crowded with people in the nation’s capital of Bishkek. |
| According to some reports, Atambayev’s bodyguard was injured in the incident. | According to some reports, Atambayev’s bodyguard was injured in the incident. |
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