A Kyrgyz border guard was killed during a shootout on the border with Tajikistan

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On Friday, the Kyrgyz border agency reported that a soldier of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan was killed during a shootout on the border with Tajikistan.

“Sergeant Khusnidin Khozhiev, born in 1994, was killed as a result of an armed attack by Tajik border guards on the border patrol of the Kyrgyz Republic,” the ministry noted.

According to preliminary information, there are also dead and wounded on the Tajik side. At the moment, border representatives of the two countries are working at the scene of the incident, who are investigating the causes and circumstances of the incident.

The SS GKNB added that a shootout between border guards occurred on July 8 in the area of the Chashmagildan pass. In turn, Bishkek claims that the Kyrgyz military was subjected to a ” sudden attack by the Tajik military.”

Источник www.mk.ru

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