Kyrgyzstan’s former president detained after violent clashes
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.