Evacuated residents of the border villages of Batken region were sent home by 36 minibuses. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan reported.
More than 200 Batken residents gathered near the Sports Palace in Bishkek on Wednesday. They told that they were waiting for transport for more than five hours to go home.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, they were taken to the region at night. In total, according to the ministry, more than 120,000 evacuees from Batken have been returned home.
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, 62 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.
