Photo of school in Maksat village after shelling by Tajik troops

Bishkek, May 2, 2021. / Kabar /. A school in the village of Maksat also came under fire from the Tajik troops. Photos of the aftermath of the shelling have been published.

Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Urmatbek Shamyrkanov said earlier at a briefing that in total 78 houses, 2 schools, 1 medical station, 1 kindergarten, 1 police building, 3 border posts, 10 gas stations, 8 shops were damaged in Batken Oblast in the conflict zone on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations will soon begin work on the restoration of destroyed facilities.

The conflict at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has started on April 28, when a verbal conflict between the local residents of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan gradually escalated into an armed clash between the military personnel of the countries. The reason for the conflict was the installation of a video surveillance camera by the Tajik side on power transmission poles near the Golovnaya water intake, which is located in Batken region of Kyrgyzstan.

On April 29, the conflict between local residents escalated into armed hostilities.