Bishkek, May 12, 2021 . / Kabar / . According to statistical data, more than 39,000 citizens of Batken Oblast have returned to their native villages, Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan Urmatbek Shamyrkanov said during a press conference at Kabar News Agency on Wednesday.
He added that a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, 40,649 residents were evacuated, 1,693 of them were placed in temporary detention centers, 38 thousand 956 were accommodated in relatives’ hoses.
"As of May 9 at 4 p.m., 39,961 citizens have already returned to their home villages," the deputy minister noted.
Situation on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan escalated on April 28 after citizens of Tajikistan began installing video surveillance cameras at the Golovnoi water intake in the village of Kok-Tash in Batken region.
As a result of the joint altercation, the residents of the two countries began throwing stones at each other. Later, gunfire began.
According to an of official data, as a result of the armed conflict, 190 Kyrgyzstanis were injured, 36 were killed, including two minor children.
On the evening of April 29, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a statement and protocol about the cessation of armed conflict and withdrawal of personnel and military equipment to the places of permanent deployment.
However, in spite of this, the Tajik side attacked the border village of Leilek. There were attacks on houses of civilians, school, kindergarten, clinic and gas stations of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Also, the Tajik military captured 10 residents of the Internatsional Kyrgyz village along with the head of the village. They were later returned.
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan considered the actions of the Tajik side as military aggression.
As of today, a total of 1,613 tons of humanitarian aid has arrived in the oblast. Of these, 1,383 tons have been distributed.
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