Health care organizations of Batken region admitted 42 victims of the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. Press center of the Ministry of Health reported.
According to it, there are 19 victims in the Batken Regional Combined Hospital, and 18 in the Leilek General Medical Practice Centre. Information on their condition will be provided later," the ministry said.
The Ministry of Health added that three medical teams from the National Hospital left for Batken to provide medical assistance to the victims. They include neurosurgeons, general surgeons, vascular surgeons, anesthesiologists-resuscitators, thoracic surgeons, and nursing staff.
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. At least 42 people were wounded. Shooting continues for the third day. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts left their homes.
