14:18, 23 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anastasia BENGARD
At least 613 residential buildings were damaged in Batken region as a result of the military aggression of Tajikistan. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
According to the ministry, material damage is calculated by local civil protection commissions.
Nine objects of administrative and strategic importance, 15 social facilities, 323 sheds, a road bridge and 26 cars were also damaged.
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.