According to preliminary information, 282 houses were destroyed and burned as a result of the armed conflict in Batken region. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan provided the data.
Three strategic, nine social and about 300 life support facilities have been destroyed. In addition, nine cars were burned.
«This information may change as the commission continues its investigation,» the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
Emergency situation has been introduced in Batken region. 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. The Ministry of Health reported 163 victims, 59 people were killed. 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.
By the decree of the President Sadyr Japarov, September 19, 2022 was declared a Day of National Mourning in the Kyrgyz Republic.
