This was a key moment in the modern history of Kyrgyzstan, which revealed the depth of political tension in the country and sparked numerous discussions about the legitimacy of the authorities' actions and human rights and led to the overthrow of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov in October 2020.

[2] By that time, the media began to dazzle with headlines about the family-clan regime of Jeenbekov and dozens of his relatives in the highest state apparatus, embassies and parliament.

At about 19:50, without any warning, climbing over the fence into the courtyard of the house of ex-president Almazbek Atambayev, unknown persons in military uniforms, wearing masks and with weapons in their hands, invaded.

They immediately began shooting at civilians, as well as brutally beating them[18][19] The requests of the elderly, women and children to let them out of the territory of the house of ex-president Almazbek Atambayev were ignored by a group of unknown persons in military uniforms, masked and with weapons in their hands, moreover, all people were herded into the Conference Hall.

[23][24] On August 8, 2019, during a repeated attempt to capture the ex-president of the Kyrgyz Republic Atambayev  law enforcement officers burned mountain pastures, which caused irreparable damage to the livestock sector of the villages.

[26] On September 9, 2019, 1700 people turned to the General Prosecutor's Office with a collective appeal and a request to initiate criminal cases against the head of the State Committee for National Security Orozbek Opumbaev, the leaders of the Alpha special forces and the Minister of Internal Affairs Kashkar Dzhunushaliev.

[28] Among the victims were well-known statesmen and political figures, for example, deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh of the 5th convocation, ex-permanent representative of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court N.A.

[30] Members of the SDPK Political Council were also arrested: ex-head of the Office of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Farid Niyazov, ex-adviser to the speaker of parliament Alga Kylychov,[31] chairman of the public organization of the heroes of the April Revolution of 2010 Amantur Zhamgyrchiev, former deputy akim of the Issyk-Ata district Kyyaz Smailov.

He gave an interwiev to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in which he specifically described the way of tortures by Special Forces of Kyrgyz Republic in the prisons of Kyrgyzstan conducted on Atambaev`s supporters and members of Social Democratic party.

[citation needed] On November, 25-27 2022 on Congress of Socialist International in Madrid, the declaration on Kyrgyzstan has been accepted by 93 political parties that stated: “Non-investigation by the procurator and the court of the facts of inflicting severe injuries and the use of brute force using weapons, including cold weapons, against 1,700 civilians in Koi-Tash on August 7–8, suggests an unfair trial, the purpose of which is to cover up the crimes of the previous heads of special services - Opumbaev and Zhunushaliev.

If the statements of the affected citizens continue to be ignored, the organization will be forced to assist in the international investigation.”[41] In August 2023, the issue of the Koy-Tash events was raised in the European Parliament.

Deputy Chairman of the Party of European Socialists Katarina Roth Nevedjalova said that “people have been distracted from work for four years and are tired of going to court.” She also noted that law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan have still not answered the questions of 1,700 citizens who complained about the actions of security forces on August 7–8, 2019, and have not yet begun an investigation.