In the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, a candidate for the Jogorku Kenesh was detained after attacking a man with an axe. This information was provided by the press service of the city's police department.
According to the data, the incident occurred on November 6 at around 17:34. The Lenin District Police Department received a report from the micro-surgery department of the National Hospital that a 35-year-old man named B.E. had been hospitalized with serious injuries — a chopped wound on the second finger of his left hand and an open fracture.
According to the victim, he filed a written statement indicating that the incident happened on November 6 at around 13:30 in one of the houses on Asanaliev Street. During a quarrel that arose out of jealousy regarding his wife, a 43-year-old homeowner named Sh.K. threatened him, took an axe out of a sports bag, and attacked B.E., uttering the threat "I will kill you both."
With the first blow, he struck the victim's thigh, and with the second, he hit the index finger, resulting in the finger being partially severed.
A criminal case has been initiated regarding this incident under the article "Attempted Murder" of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. The suspect Sh.K. has been detained and placed in a temporary detention facility.
The police department clarified that the detainee is a candidate for deputies in the multi-mandate electoral district No. 27. The initials of the suspect match those of the candidate Kanat Shabdanbaev, born in 1982.
According to open sources, Kanat Shabdanbaev was born on February 9, 1982, in the village of Taldy-Suu, located in the Tyup District of the Issyk-Kul region.
- He has a higher legal education obtained at the Karakol branch of the Moscow Institute of Entrepreneurship and Law, specializing in "Jurisprudence" from 1999 to 2004.
- Shabdanbaev is a master of sports of international class in Greco-Roman wrestling and a master of sports in kulatuu. He became a bronze medalist at the World Championship in Greco-Roman wrestling among veterans in 2019 and is a champion of Kyrgyzstan among veterans. He was also an excellent student in physical culture and sports and the president of the Federation of Sports Wrestling among veterans.
- He began his career in 2006, serving in the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From 2007 to 2014, he worked as a director at EuroStroyContract LLC, and from 2014 to 2017, he held the position of lawyer at "Marat and Partners."
- From 2017 to 2020, he headed the state institution "Management of Sports Facilities and Sports Support" under the State Agency for Youth Affairs, Physical Culture, and Sports.
- From October 19, 2020, to 2021, he served as the director of the state agency and later became the deputy minister of culture, information, sports, and youth policy, as well as the director of the sports department.
- As of April 5, 2023, he held the position of deputy minister of culture, information, sports, and youth policy.
