BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The government in Kyrgyzstan announced Friday that it formed an interdepartmental panel to investigate a possible attempt at a coup.
First Deputy Prime Baktybek Alymbekov said an investigation was under way into the attempted takeover of the country's White House.
"Actions of the organizers and participants of the protest will be legally estimated in course of investigation," he was quoted by the country's news agency 24.kg as saying. "Illegal actions are obvious."
Three members of the opposition Ata-Jurt were arrested this week for allegedly trying to oust the government by force during a recent protest.
"If such protests are organized tomorrow, we will meet with deputies to discuss providing of public security," said Alymbekov.
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev was prompted to form a new government after political parties Ar-Namys and Ata-Meken left the ruling coalition August.
Atambayev, a former prime minister, secured the presidency by winning 63 percent of the vote in an election that followed a coup in 2010.
Following the coup, at least 400 people were killed during violence between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in the southern regions of Osh and Jalal Abad, the site of recent protests.
