Department of Information and Communications of Border Guard Service of SCNS of Kyrgyz Republic reports that as of 7 p.m. September 21, 2022 the situation at Kyrgyz-Tajik section of state border in Batken region is characterized as tense.

Today in the period from 6:20 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. two shots were heard in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan in front of Dostuk village of Leilek district of Kyrgyzstan.

The information that they were allegedly shooting at cars of civilians in Maksat village of Leilek district and about the shooting in Dostuk village of Leilek district does not correspond to reality.

SCNS Border Guard Service calls on the citizens not to alarm the public with inaccurate publications in social networks and various rumors, but to clarify the information with the relevant bodies.