DUSHANBE, May 25, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) has provided aid to families of servicemen that were killed in a special operation in Batken (Kyrgyzstan) against a group of gunmen who entered southern Kyrgyzstan from Tajikistan on May 12 this year.
The MoI source has told Asia-Plus that Deputy Tajik Interior Ministry, Ramazon Rahimov, and Head of the MoI Department for Combating Organized Crime, Mahmadsaid Juraqulov, Tuesday [May 23] met in Batken with Sultan Aijigitov, Chairman of the Kyrgyz region of Batken. They handed over food and financial aid for families of servicemen that were killed in a special operation in Batken. According to the source, the assistance included 1,800 kilograms of wheat flour and 700 kilograms of rice. Besides the food assistance, the families will receive US$100 each, the source said.
As it had been reported earlier, an armed group numbering more than six people on the night of May 11-12 attacked the Tajik border-crossing checkpoint “Lakkon”. As a result of skirmish, three Tajik border guards were killed. The assailants seized 19 sub-machine-guns, one machine-gun and cartridges. They headed to the Kyrgyz region of Batken. When their Opel overturned, they hijacked a Mercedes Benz, killing the driver. Along the way to
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