Kyrgyzstan's former president detained after violent clashes
by Andrew Roth in Moscow and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#4MVV1)
Previous attempt to arrest Almazbek Atambayev led to fighting between soldiers and his supporters
Police in Kyrgyzstan have detained the former presidentafter an outbreak of violence during a botched raid on his compound left a police officer dead and nearly 80 people injured.
The violence has raised the threat of fresh turmoil in the former Soviet country, which borders China and hosts a Russian military airbase. There have been two revolutions in Kyrgyzstan since 2005.
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