A man with disability was killed with extreme cruelty in Min-Bulak village, Batken region of Kyrgyzstan. Local resident told journalists.
According to him, 50 houses were burned in the village.
«Tajik militants entered the house of the villager, person with first group of disability, broke his leg and shot through his head. They killed him with extreme cruelty. This makes us very sad,» the man said.
He added that another local resident was wounded in the eye by a shell that exploded nearby. He is being treated in Bishkek.
«The body of another fellow villager was pulled out from under the rubble and buried yesterday. The people are worried,» the Kyrgyzstani 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 185 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.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case on crimes against peace.
