As Ferghana.ru information agency reports, at the dawn of June 7 around 5 a.m. another lethal incident took place at the border of Uzbekistan. As neweurasia reported the last lethal accident happened at Tajik-Uzbek border. This time it reached bordering areas between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

According to press-center of Border Service of Kyrgyzstan, last Sunday unidentified young man of Uzbek nationality asked taxi driver to take him to the Sura-Tash village. On the way there, the passenger requested to stop the car. After that he illegally crossed the border with Uzbekistan, avoiding the checkpoint.

The driver says he suddenly heard some noise and “Stop!” command. Few seconds later he heard the shots. At the same time, the taxi driver got surrounded by Uzbek body guards and they made him freeze. The driver witnessed how Uzbek body guards took young man inside Uzbek territory. In the opinion of driver, shot man was not able to move independently.

Today, the employees of regional department of State Kyrgyz Security Service and public prosecutor’s office of Kara-Suu rayon of Kyrgyzstan are working on the investigation of this accident. Preliminary data says that the detained person was delivered to resuscitation department of Dustlik settlement in Uzbekistan, where he died as a result of gunshot wound.

Uzbekistan rejects any invitation of Kyrgyz officials to find out the details of the accident: just after it took place the Head of Osh border unit demanded the meeting of Border Service agencies. The Administration of Border Service of Kyrgyzstan asked for details from Uzbek side through diplomatic and governmental channels.

Let me remind that the situation at Uzbek-Kyrgyz border has been remaining tense since long time ago. According to unofficial data, Uzbek border guards unilaterally set the crash gate in the village of Chek that splits Kyrgyz and Uzbek territory. There are over two dozens of Kyrgyz citizen families residing in the Uzbek part of the village that also contest the legitimacy of Uzbek territory. The conflict in this village started once Uzbek border guards ran the inspection in the homes of Kyrgyz citizens.

After series of terrorist attacks on May 26 in Uzbek city of Khanabad Uzbek-Kyrgyz border was closed. It was opened only at the end of the last week. Uzbekistan declared that, possibly, people, participating in the Khanabad events, entered Uzbek territory from neighboring Kyrgyzstan.