According to reports from the agency, the incident took place in the afternoon. The young man, A. A. N., born in 2007, was serving his mandatory military service in the fifth security battalion located in the village of Bai-Munduz. At that moment, he was on duty at correctional facility No. 10 of the State Penitentiary Service. For reasons that are still unclear, he shot himself with his own weapon.
The deputy chairman of the State Penitentiary Service — head of the security and escort department, Kurmanbek Sokeev, as well as representatives from the Bazar-Korgon District Department of Internal Affairs and the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Jalal-Abad garrison, arrived at the scene.
An investigation is currently underway.
