Border conflict: Number of wounded increases to 18 people
The Batken Regional Combined Hospital admitted 18 victims of the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. Press center of the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan reported.
The ministry added that information on the condition of the victims will be provided later.
Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. According to the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security, at about 6 a.m. the Tajik side started firing at the border detachments and positions of the Kyrgyz side. Later, the Tajik side began mortar shelling of border outposts and border villages in Leilek and Batken districts. Eighteen victims were taken to the Batken Regional Hospital. Shooting continues for the third day. Previously, five people were injured, three of whom are civilians.
