136 houses and 84 objects destroyed. Damage to Batken being calculated

AKIPRESS.COM - A special commission of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is calculating damage incurred by Batken from armed Kyrgyz-Tajik conflict, said the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
According to latest data, 136 houses and 84 facilities were destroyed: 1 first aid facility, 1 kindergarten, 1 medical center, 1 dentistry, 2 pharmacies, 1 library, 27 gas stations, 34 stores, 5 cafes, 3 restaurants, and 6 government buildings.
At least 36 Kyrgyz citizens were killed, including 33 civilians and 3 soldiers. 25 dead bodies of Kyrgyzstanis were found in the Golovnoy water distributor area in Ak-Sai rural district of Batken where a mortar shelling was reported on April 29. Criminal probe into the massacre was launched.
Kyrgyz Interior Ministry troops told about the details of the clash in the early days of the conflict near the Golovnoy area. The armed conflict that began on April 29 at this site on the border with the Vorukh enclave, then gunfire exchange escalated up to the border villages of Leilek district including Borborduk, Maksat, Kulundu, Arka-1 and Arka-2 in the night of April 30.
Tajikistani troops and civilians occupied the houses of Kyrgyz citizens on the morning of April 30, their military vehicles were seen in Kyrgyz villages while the local Kyrgyz citizens were evacuated and some fled the conflict zone on their cars. Throughout April 30, Tajik soldiers were inside the Kyrgyz villages. Some Kyrgyz local residents started coming home only from May 2, when ceasefire agreement was reached at the intergovernmental level and withdrawal of soldiers and military equipment started.