Kyrgyz authorities have said three people were fatally shot when Uzbek border guards allegedly opened fire along the countries' shared border.

There was no immediate comment from Uzbek authorities to the May 6 report from Kyrgyzstan's border guard service.

The border service said the incident took place a day earlier in the western Jalal-Abad region, near the Ferghana Valley. The service said in a statement that the three individuals died after being brought to a nearby hospital.

No further details were announced.

Local Kyrgyz and Uzbek leaders reportedly met to discuss the incident, and more meetings were planned for May 6.

Clashes and shootings occur regularly along the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border, often sparked by disputes over access to water or transport routes or historical grievances over arbitrarily drawn borders.

Border disputes also occur regularly along the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Last year, at least two dozen people were killed and more than 150 wounded in a major outbreak of violence involving ethnic Tajiks and ethnic Kyrgyz.