The Tajiks took the head of a Kyrgyz village hostage. This was reported by the press service of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Batken region.
In the central villages of Leilek district, the village is patrolled by military equipment of the Tajik military.
Tajik servicemen broke into the houses of Kyrgyz citizens in the «Residential House» section of the Internatsional village. The head of the village Internationale, who went to the area to investigate the deaths of two citizens of Kyrgyzstan, was taken hostage by citizens of Tajikistan.
This fact was registered in the Unified Register of Crimes and Violations of the Leilek District Department of Internal Affairs under Article 380 of the Criminal Code (Crimes against Peace), and pre-trial proceedings were initiated.
The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic: 3 special forces soldiers killed, 22 wounded.