The opposition in Kyrgyzstan seizes power

After that, Kyrgyz President Surunbay Genbekov said that there was an attempted coup in Kyrgyzstan, which hosts a Russian air base and has a large gold mine run by Canada.

The government said that there were people dead and 590 wounded in the protests that took place overnight, while the opposition announced the release of former President Almaz Bey Atambayev, who was imprisoned on charges of corruption, and indicated that it was discussing the formation of a transitional government.

Kyrgyzstan is located on the border with China and is a close ally of Russia, and has long been an arena for geopolitical competition between Moscow, Washington and Beijing, and has a history of political unrest, and the insurgency has ousted two of its presidents in the last 15 years.

This morning, burned cars spread in the capital, Bishkek after the protesters took control of the main government headquarter known as the White House, which erupted in fire before being extinguished by the emergency services.

In the context, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said that Minister Kashkar Gonushaliev did not come to work today, and that the opposition politician and former senior security official Krasan Asanov assumed the position of the acting interior minister.

The tension began when police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands who demonstrated against the results of Sunday's parliamentary elections and demanded their cancellation yesterday.

While local media reported that the police dispersed a demonstration late Monday evening, but the demonstrators returned to the central square in the capital and stormed the building where the presidential and parliament are located, then the protesters stormed the headquarters of the Governmental Committee for National Security and released Atambayev, who was sentenced to prison for a long time on corruption charges after falling out with Jinbekov this year.

Local media reports noted that a number of provincial governors have submitted their resignations, and that popular marches were launched today in a number of provincial centers, most of which are anti-government.

Reports stated that Genbekov's supporters were rallying in the southern city of Osh, where his brother Asil Bey Genbekov called for unity and order.

J.O