Bishkek, April 13, 2022. / Kabar /. In connection with the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border, civilians were evacuated to the homes of relatives and friends, as well as to temporary accommodation centers.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations said that a total of 644 people (53 men, 246 women, 345 children) were evacuated and placed in Batken region, 50 of them returned home.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations has prepared 13 temporary accommodation centers for 1700 places in the region.
The evacuation has started on April 12 after the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. In evening of April 12, Tajik border guards entered the territory of Kyrgyzstan. In order to prevent the passage of Tajik border guards deep into the territory, the border detachment of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan fired warning shots into the air. In response, the Tajik border guards opened fire on the Kyrgyz border guards. As a result of negotiations between the border representatives of the two states, the shooting was stopped.
However, at about 21:17, during the negotiations between the border representatives of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the border guards of Tajikistan, who arrived at the scene of the incident as a reinforcement, opened fire on the Kyrgyz servicemen. A second firefight ensued, during which a Kyrgyz soldier was wounded. Further, the Tajik side began shelling the Kyrgyz village of Dostuk from mortars.
At 22:15, the Tajik side stopped the mortar attack.
Residents of the villages of Dostuk, Arka, Borborduk, Zhashtyk and Maksat began to leave their homes at night.
The Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic reported two victims from the Kyrgyz side - one military and one civilian, who received shrapnel wounds.
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