14:02, 16 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Darya PODOLSKAYA
Facts of use by the Tajik side of not only heavy equipment, but also the population of the border area were registered during the armed incident on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The Department of Information and Communications of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic reports.
According to it, Tajik military personnel use civilians as human shields.
People in unknown uniforms and without insignia of armed formations take part in the clashes on the part of Tajikistan.
The personnel of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic continues to fight fierce battles, takes adequate measures in the course of development of the situation, uses modern weapons and equipment to force the enemy to cease fire.
Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. According to the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security, at about 6 a.m. the Tajik side started firing at the border detachments and positions of the Kyrgyz side. Later, the Tajik side began mortar shelling of border outposts and border villages in Leilek and Batken districts. Eighteen victims were taken to the Batken Regional Hospital. Shooting continues for the third day. Previously, five people were injured, three of whom are civilians.