A total of 139 people sought medical attention during the unrest that occurred in Kyrgyzstan on August 7-8, Kyrgyz Health Ministry’s press service reported.

The number of people seeking medical help as a result of the riots has amounted to 139 people, it said.

Riots in Kyrgyzstan began on Wednesday amid a special operation to detain the ex-president of the republic Almazbek Atambayev, accused of corruption and deprived of immunity, in the village of Koi Tash in the Chuy Province.