Kyrgyz-Tajik gunfire: 12yo girl was fleeing with family to another village when shell hit her

AKIPRESS.COM - A 12-year-old Madina Rakhmatjanova died on April 29 in a shootout on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Madina's family lives in the village of International in the Leilek district near the border. On April 29, her family was fleeing to a neighboring village when a shell fired by the military exploded near her.
Madina's mother was taken to Bishkek for treatment along with her younger daughter. Madina was buried in Leilek.
Aida Gaparova, a relative of the victim, said she called her sister Narbubu at 7:45 p.m. on April 29. "She told me there were no men home. Narbubu took her two daughters and followed those who fled to a neighboring village. When they were running, a 12-year-old Madina was hit by shell, fragments hit her in heart, kidneys and other organs. She was left lying there, her mother could not come closer because they kept shooting. It took them about 40 minutes to get to her. On the way to the hospital, her daughter died because she had lost a lot of blood," said Aida Gaparova.
The girl's aunt Sairam Khamdamova also flew to Bishkek from the Batken region. "Narbubu and her two daughters were injured. Madina, who was 12 years old, died on the way to the hospital in Leilek. Narbubu and her daughter were transferred to Bishkek. Neither the Ministry of Health nor the local authorities helped, they even took away sheets to wrap her body. They've already buried Madina," Sairam said. The situation in Batken is not as stable as authorities say. The people of Batken need help ASAP.
Sairam Khamdamova:
Tensions on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan escalated on April 28-29 and exchange of fire occurred between the military units of two sides.
13 Kyrgyz citizens were killed, including a 12-year-old girl. At least 134 Kyrgyzstanis were injured.