As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, as of 9 a.m. on September 17, the number of victims admitted to healthcare organizations reached 103, five of them were sent for outpatient treatment. Press center of the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan reported.
According to it, the patients mainly have shrapnel and gunshot wounds to various parts of the body.
There are 41 victims in the Batken Regional Combined Hospital, 21 — in the General Medical Practice Centers of Leilek, 3 — in Kulundu, and 6 — in Sulukta. At least 20 victims are in the National Hospital, 1 — in the National Surgical Center and 6 — in the National Mother and Child Welfare Center in Bishkek.
Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. Settlements in Leilek and Batken district came under fire. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts, as well as Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.
Presidents Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rahmon agreed to ceasefire. But, according to the latest data from the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the Tajik side violated the agreements again.
