Two Kyrgyz citizens injured in conflict on Kyrgyz-Tajik border
Date
4/13/2022 3:08:41 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Two citizens of Kyrgyzstan were injured as a result of a
skirmish between Tajik and Kyrgyz servicemen on the border between
the two states, the Kyrgyz health Ministry said on Wednesday,
Trend reports with
reference to TASS .
'As a result of the incident on the Kyrgyz-Tajik stretch of the
state border on April 12, 2022, two servicemen were admitted to a
medical center in Leylek,' the ministry said in a statement.
Both of them were diagnosed with fragmentation wounds.
'At the moment, one of the wounded is in the hospital. He had
underwent initial surgical treatment of his wounds. His condition
is moderately severe. The second victim received first aid and was
discharged in satisfactory condition to undergo out-patient
treatment,' the ministry said.
A conflict between the two countries' border guards flared up on
Tuesday after Tajik soldiers intruded into the Kyrgyz territory
near the village of Selkana in Kyrgyzstan's Batkenskaya region.
During the day, the sides opened gunfire two times. A Kyrgyz and a
Tajik border guards were wounded. Apart from that, Kyrgyzstan
reported mortar shelling of the village of Dostuk from the Tajik
side.
Representatives of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agreed during talks
to pull forces from the conflict area on their border, the Kyrgyz
border guard service said late on Tuesday.
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