AKIPRESS.COM - SWAT soldiers taken hostage in Koi-Tash village after the storming on August 7 will be freed, former President Almazbek Atambayev said during the meeting with his supporters on August 8 at his home.

Clashes between the SWAT soldiers and supporters of Atambayev occurred in his home in Koi-Tash village on August 7 evening.

The National Security Committee special forces soldiers tried to arrest Atambayev by storming his house.

48 people were injured, one SWAT soldier died.