On the evening of December 22, two shooting incidents occurred at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. Photo: InternetSource: Zubaidullo Shomadov’s Facebook page According to media reports, on the night of December 22, citizens of Kyrgyzstan carried out an armed attack on the house of a resident of the village of Chorkuh in the city of Isfara. It […]
On the evening of December 22, two shooting incidents occurred at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border.
Photo: InternetAccording to media reports, on the night of December 22, citizens of Kyrgyzstan carried out an armed attack on the house of a resident of the village of Chorkuh in the city of Isfara.
It is reported that as a result of the shooting, windows were shattered in the residential house of Mukhammedjon Davudov, and bullets hit the bed and walls of the house.
Photo: InternetThe official representative of the Isfara government, Zubaidullo Shomadov, confirmed the incident on his Facebook page: “On December 22, around 10:00 PM, the house of Mukhammedjon Davudov, a resident of the village of Somonien in the Chorkuh rural community of Isfara, came under fire.”
Photo: InternetMedia reported two shooting incidents at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border: one incident occurred in the village of Somonien in the Chorkuh area of Isfara, and the second occurred at the border of the Bobojon Gafurov district of the Sughd region and the Leilek district of the Batken region.
Currently, Tajik authorities have not officially commented on the shooting incidents. However, according to Kyrgyz media, the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan commented on the shooting at the border between the Bobojon Gafurov and Leilek districts based on the words of Kyrgyz citizens:
“In the village of Maksat in the Leilek district, Tajik soldiers opened fire on a civilian in a water truck. Bullets hit the windows and wheels of the vehicle. The driver also sustained minor injuries.”
According to the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan, “border representatives of the Republic of Tajikistan fully acknowledged the illegality of the actions of Tajik servicemen and the unjustified use of weapons by them.” They also assured that “the border guards responsible for this outrageous incident will be held accountable,” and that this incident will be investigated by the Military Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan.
It is reported that the border services of the two countries met and held negotiations regarding the incidents, but the results of the negotiations are still unknown.