YEREVAN, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. Kyrgyzstan’s former President Almazbek Atambayev has “grossly violated” the Constitution by resisting arrest, President Sooronbay Zheenbekov has said after the events, local media reported.

He said at a Security Council meeting that “immediate actions” must be taken to ensure the rule of law and security in the country.

Zheenbekov said appropriate decisions have been made after the country’s interior minister, prosecutor general and national security director briefed him on the situation.

On June 27, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted to strip Atambayev of immunity.

Atambayev is accused of being involved in corruption schemes related to the reconstruction of Bishkek’s thermal power plant and Historical Museum, unlawful release of crime boss Aziz Batukayev, illicit deliveries of coal to Bishkek’s thermal power plants, reassigning land plots in the country’s Issyk-Kul region and illegally obtaining a land plot to build a residential house in the Koi-Tash settlement, Chuy region, TASS reports.

The former president claims that the country’s incumbent head of state is persecuting him for political reasons. Atambayev earlier ignored three interrogation requests issued by the Interior Ministry and warned that he would offer armed resistance against attempts to arrest him.

Atambayev served as Kyrgyz president in 2011-2017.

On Wednesday, special forces in the village of Koi-Tash, Chuy Region attempted to seize Atambayev but failed. Supporters of the ex-president who guarded the residence fought off the attack and took six people hostage. After that, clashes began between the backup police forces that arrived at the scene and Atambayev's proponents. As a result of the confrontation, one officer died, another 45 were injured along with a local news journalist, a former parliamentarian, and several police officers, including the chief of the Chuy regional police department, who is currently in a coma, TASS reported.

Law enforcement officials later said they are controlling the situation.

According to TASS, Atambayev has admitted that he personally fired on the special forces troops when they stormed his home.