Shooting resumes at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border

As a result of a shootout at the border, a citizen of Tajikistan was injured.

According to the border service of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan, on the night of May 7, around 12:20 near the settlement of Ak-Bosogo in the Leilek district of the Batken region, a border patrol of Kyrgyzstan noticed Tajik citizens – shepherds, who were grazing livestock 250-300 meters from the border.

The border service of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan claims that the Tajik citizens ignored the border guards’ demands to leave the territory of Kyrgyzstan and began throwing stones at the soldiers. One of the shepherds reportedly fired several shots towards the Kyrgyz border patrol. No border guards were injured.

“In order to prevent escalation of the situation, Kyrgyz border guards fired warning shots into the air, after which the shepherds fled to the territory of Tajikistan,” the statement said.

Later, it was reported that as a result of the shootout, a citizen of Tajikistan was injured.

According to the news agency “Khovar,” citing the press center of the Border Troops of the State National Security Committee of Tajikistan, on May 7, 2024, at 11:00 local time, a citizen of Tajikistan, Abdulloev Olimjon Khuseinovich, born in 1990, of Uzbek nationality, a history teacher at secondary school No. 4 in the Jabbor Rasulov district of the Sughd region, intended to approach Kyrgyz soldiers stationed in the village of Sulyukta to inquire about the fate of his minor son, Abdulloev Ramzan, a student of the mentioned school, who had been detained at the state border. Abdulloev O.K. did not exhibit any actions or behaviors contrary to the principles of good neighborliness due to his social status (history teacher).

“However, firearms were used against him, resulting in his injury,” the press center’s statement noted.

Both sides reported that the situation at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border is currently stable. Relevant authorities of both countries are conducting an investigation into the morning incident.

At the same time, it is unclear how the Tajik shepherds obtained firearms and why a Tajik teacher was injured as a result of the warning shots fired into the air by Kyrgyz border guards.