Bishkek, April 30, 2021. / Kabar / . Residents of Zhany-Zher village, Leilek region of Batken Oblast caught the shelling, eyewitnesses said.
"It cannot be claimed that the shootings have completely stopped," Kabar News Agency has learnt from the press service of the Batken Oblast state administration.
"Indeed, there are shootings in border villages in some places. The situation on the border remains tense," the report said.
Situation on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan escalated on April 28 after citizens of Tajikistan began installing video surveillance cameras at the 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.
An emergency situation has been introduced in three villages of Batken Oblast.
According to the latest data, as a result of the conflict, 134 Kyrgyzstanis were injured, 13 were killed, including a 12-year-old girl.
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.
The Office of the Kyrgyz President said the situation is under the control of President Sadyr Zhaparov.
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