The court in the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan sentenced two citizens of Tajikistan to life imprisonment. The court found them guilty under Articles 380 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic ("Crimes against Peace") and 391 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic ("Looting").
Tajiks were arrested shortly after the armed conflict that took place on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border on April 28-29 this year, Radio Ozodi reports.
Tajik authorities have not yet commented on the verdict of Kahhorov and Yunusov.
Askar Yunusov and Abdurozik Kahhorov were detained by Kyrgyz security forces in May this year. Abdulaziz Yunusov said that they live on the same street with the Kyrgyz in an unmarked border zone
