BISHKEK (Reuters) -- Kyrgyz security forces detained former president Almazbek Atambayev on Thursday, Russia's Interfax news agency reported, a day after a failed attempt to arrest him led to at least one death in violent clashes with his followers.
Atambayev, who was initially wanted for questioning as a witness in an investigation, was taken to the interior ministry's investigative unit. Some Kyrgyz media reports suggested he had given himself up.
