Employees of the State National Security Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (GKNB) stopped an attempt by a coup d’etat, which could lead to destabilization of the country. This was reported by the information agency “24.kg” with reference to the GKNB.
According to the statement, a group of persons intended to provoke a wave of interethnic razor and social protests using fabricated video materials.
In particular, it was planned to spread a provocative video in which foreigners allegedly beat a half -destroyed Kyrgyz girl.
As noted in the GKNB, the goal of such misinformation was the “excitation of patriotic feelings” and “mobilization of youth for protest actions.”
“GKNB in order to ensure security, protect the constitutional system and civil rights from encroachments, the facts of preparation for inciting interethnic growth by organizing local conflicts with subsequent mass shares of protest were identified and suppressed,” follows from the statement.
According to the department, the provocations stood a group that acted according to a pre -planned scenario.
In addition to the spread of fakes, it was planned to use specially prepared combat groups armed with firearms.
It is noted that the main task of the organization was to provoke forced clashes in the areas of residence and work of foreign citizens, as well as attacks on representatives of law enforcement agencies.
According to the Kyrgyz media, the model of riots resembled “May 2024 events in Bishkek, when people from the countries of Southeast Asia suffered as a result of mass fights and pogroms.”
“All actions were aimed at discrediting state authorities and undertaking confidence in the current leadership of the country. It was planned to create conditions for large-scale protests coordinated and funded from the outside,” the department noted.
Operational measures made it possible to timely identify and suppress the activities of the group.
According to special services, participants operating in the territory of Kyrgyzstan were detained. However, it is reported that one of the organizers is allegedly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“GKNB will continue to strictly stop any attempts to destabilize the situation in the country and calls for citizens not to succumb to provocations aimed at undermining interethnic consent and constitutional order,” the department emphasizes.
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