An eyewitness to the incident reported this to a Turmush correspondent.
The information was also confirmed by representatives of the unified clinical hospital in the Jalal-Abad region.
Currently, law enforcement agencies are investigating the incident.
“During the kok boru game, a player, a 27-year-old ulakchy, fell into the water along with his horse and drowned. His body was taken to the morgue of the unified clinical hospital by ambulance,” the hospital reported.
According to preliminary data, the deceased was a resident of the rural municipality of Kara-Darya in the Suzak district,” the official statement said.
Later, the Internal Affairs Department of the Osh region reported that on February 8, 2026, during the holding of the alaman ulakan in the Uzgen district, an accident occurred.
“It has been preliminarily established that a resident of the Jalal-Abad region, A.U., born in 1999, when he led his horse to drink at the Yassy River, the horse slipped and, along with the rider, fell off a cliff into the river. As a result, the ulakchy died on the spot,” the regional police reported.
- According to the latest data, in the Uzgen district, a young man who was watching the alaman ulak game fell from a vehicle down a hill and sustained serious injuries. He is currently in the hospital.
