Tajik border guards attack equestrian border detachment of Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, July 8, 2021. / Kabar /. Tajik border guards attacked the equestrian border guard detachment of Kyrgyzstan, the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.

On July 8 at about 17:00 at the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border, a shootout took place between the servicemen of the border departments of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

The border guard detachment of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic served along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in the area of ​​the Naumin pass in Leilek region of Batken Oblast. Following the specified route, in the area of ​​the Chashmagildan Pass, the border guard detachment of the Kyrgyz Border Service was suddenly attacked by the border guards of Tajikistan. There was a shootout between the servicemen, the report said.

Information on the victims of the incident is being specified.

The border representatives of the parties are conducting an investigation on this fact.