Teenager falls off cliff and dies during fight between schoolchildren

17:40, 18 октября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA

A 16-year-old teenager died in Uzgen district. The Department of Internal Affairs of Osh region informed 24.kg news agency.

According to preliminary data, the teenager was found on October 16 at about 10 a.m., he was lying near a cliff.

«The teenager was hospitalized in the Osh Regional Hospital, but he died without regaining consciousness. The exact cause of death will be established by a forensic medical examination. According to some reports, a brawl broke out between schoolchildren from Kirov and Shagym villages on the night of October 16. The teenagers are in the 9th and 10th grades. When a fight broke out, schoolchildren from Kirov village began to run away from the scene. At that moment, the teenager fell off a high cliff. Witnesses are interrogated, investigation is underway,» the department said.