Sooronbay Jeenbekov concludes his vacation, heads back to Bishkek amid reports on detention of Atambayev

President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov has concluded his one-week vacation and headed back to Bishkek amid reports of an operation to detain ex-President Almazbek Atambayev, the Kyrgyz president’s press service reports.

President Jeenbekov was on leave since August 5 and was spending it in the residence at Lake Issyk-Kul.

Earlier, TASS reported citing the spokesperson of the ex-president’s team as saying that Special Forces of Kyrgyzstan had detained Atambayev, taking him to an unknown location.

Some media report about his detention while others say he is still at his residence in the Koi-Tash settlement, Chuy region.