The number of victims of the military aggression of Tajikistan at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has increased to 206 people. Press service of the Ministry of Health confirmed the information to 24.kg news agency.
The ministry noted that 115 of them are in hospital. At the same time, the death toll remained the same — 62 people.
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 206 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.
