“As a result of the incident on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, according to preliminary data, only eight people were injured,” RIA Novosti quoted the press service as saying.

It is also reported that the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Muhammedkaly Abylgaziev, ordered to strengthen the protection of the border with Tajikistan after a shootout between the military of the two countries.

Earlier it was reported that a shootout occurred on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as a result of which, according to preliminary data, one member of the Kyrgyz State Border Service was killed.