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Incident with use of weapons occurs on border with Uzbekistan, 2 killed

An incident with the use of weapons occurred on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek section of the state border. The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported.

According to preliminary data, several Kyrgyzstanis tried to smuggle cargo on horseback into the territory of Uzbekistan in Deires village, Aksy district. They were discovered by border guards of the neighboring country 500 meters from the state border line on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

«The smugglers did not obey the demands to stop. A scuffle broke out during detention of the civilians. The border guards of the Republic of Uzbekistan used weapons, as a result of which two citizens received injuries incompatible with life. The rest of the violators fled to the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. According to the border guards of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz tried to smuggle a contraband cargo worth more than $20,000. As it turned out, the killed are natives of the Republic of Uzbekistan, but in 2012 they obtained citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic. According to preliminary information, they had passports of the neighboring country. A meeting of border representatives of both countries took place. The parties agreed to conduct their own investigations into the incident,» the Border Service said.

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