Invasion of Kyrgyzstan: Seven servicemen of Interior Ministry still in hospital

Seven out of 15 servicemen of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were injured in the conflict at the border in Batken region, continue to receive treatment in a hospital in Bishkek. Eight people are being treated on an outpatient basis. Press service of the ministry reported.

«Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Major General Oktyabr Urmambetov and Commander of the Internal Troops, Colonel Damir Alybaev visited servicemen who were injured during the clashes in Batken region,» the ministry 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 206 victims, 63 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.