Madina’s father: I sit alone in a yurt and mourn my daughter…

Naimzhan Abdullov, a citizen of Leilek district, father of Madina Rakhmatjanova, a 12-year-old schoolgirl who was killed by Tajik troops in Batken, gave an interview to Azattyk
— Madina was buried yesterday, we express our deepest condolences. How are you now? How is your wife and youngest daughter doing?
“I buried my daughter Medina yesterday …” (crying). My wife and youngest daughter are now in a hospital in Bishkek. Here I sit alone and mourn my daughter.
On the day of the tragedy I went to work. My wife and two daughters were at home which is in village Internationale. My wife said, «When we got out, something exploded on the roof of the house and my ears were numb.» When she was calling for help no one came up. There was a mortar explosion near when she ran away from home with her two daughters. Eldest daughter was lying on the road. My wife and youngest daughter both were injured. Wife picked up the younger one and was left in a shock.
My wife couldn’t approach the eldest daughter for a long time because of the constant shots. All three were taken to a hospital in Isfana. The eldest daughter died on the way. My wife had an surgery and when I went to see her after the anesthesia, she started asking me about our daughters. I couldn’t tell her how we lost our Madina … I said that they were in the children’s ward. We told her about eldest daughter’s death a day later. Wife and younger daughter were delivered by plane to a hospital in Bishkek. I pulled my daughter’s body out of the morgue and brought it to bury her.

— Now your wife and daughter are being treated at the Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics in Bishkek. How is their condition of health?
My wife says that she doesn’t walk well. She has a damage in two places of the leg, now doctors are doing an X-ray and checking. The condition of the younger daughter is satisfactory.
— How many children do you have, can you tell us about Madina?
«I have three children. The older one works in Moscow. He arrived in Osh last night. At night, he went to his mother’s hospital in Bishkek. Madina was the middle child. My youngest daughter, who is in the hospital is 10 years old. Madina was a hardworking and smart girl. From the 1st to the 6th grade, she studied only with a grade of «5». I lost a believer daughter. She prayed five times and fasted. On the day of her death, she was fasting. I can’t find a place to hide. I can’t tell you any more.
It became known that mother and sister Madina’s Rakhmadzhanova, a schoolgirl from the village of International in Leilek, who was shot by Tajik troops in Batken, had surgery in Bishkek.
Dr. Sabyrbek Jumabekov, head of the Bishkek Research Center for Traumatology and Orthopedics, told Azattyk that both are in stable condition.
«The condition is stable. The mother and daughter were wounded in the legs. There are injuries in the legs. They’re not in a coma.»
Jumabekov added that psychological assistance is provided to the victims.