12:26, 03 мая 2021, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA
At least 652 citizens of Kyrgyzstan expressed a desire to donate blood for victims of the border conflict in Batken region. The First Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development Aliza Soltonbekova announced at a briefing.
According to her, 469 people became blood donors. Aliza Soltonbekova thanked all the volunteers.
Aliza Soltonbekova told earlier that 99 Kyrgyzstanis continue treatment in hospitals.
The border conflict began on April 28. Local residents, army units and heavy weapons were involved in it. The parties finally agreed on the armistice and withdrawal of troops only on the evening of May 1.
At least 183 Kyrgyzstanis sought medical help, 34 people died, including a child. More than 33,000 people have been evacuated from the conflict zone. The Tajik side unofficially reported more than 150 wounded and about 10 dead.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 78 houses, two schools, a village first-aid station, a kindergarten, a police station, three checkpoints, ten gas filling stations and eight shops were destroyed in Kyrgyz border villages. Border outposts were also damaged. According to the Tajik side, more than 10 houses have been destroyed by fire in Khoja Alo border village.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan began pre-trial proceedings under the article «Crime against peace» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.