More than 5,000 citizens evacuated from Batken region are in Osh city. Press service of the City Hall reported.
«According to official data, about 2,600 people are in temporary accommodation centers, most of them are women and children. However, according to unofficial information, the number of those who arrived and were accommodated with relatives, friends and acquaintances is more than 5,000 people,» the statement says.
Those who can provide assistance to the affected residents of Batken region are asked by the City Hall to contact the city headquarters located on the central square of Osh. It works from 7 a.m. to 11 р.m.
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 198 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.
