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| Live rounds fired at kids summer camp in Kazakhstan’s west | |
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| Unidentified gunmen have opened fire on a children's camp in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, a western town that recently suffered an extremist attack that claimed lives of six people. A sting operation has been underway to identify the criminals. | Unidentified gunmen have opened fire on a children's camp in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, a western town that recently suffered an extremist attack that claimed lives of six people. A sting operation has been underway to identify the criminals. |
| “Gunfire was opened on security guards of kid’s summer camp [in Aktobe]. Shotgun fire was delivered from a white car,” president’s press-service cited the head of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Zhumakanov. | “Gunfire was opened on security guards of kid’s summer camp [in Aktobe]. Shotgun fire was delivered from a white car,” president’s press-service cited the head of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Zhumakanov. |
| The incident took place Wednesday morning at around 8 am (02:00 GMT). | The incident took place Wednesday morning at around 8 am (02:00 GMT). |
| The Kazakh Interior Ministry has not confirmed whether security personnel at the children’s camp were shot at. | |
| “Information about gunfire at the kid’s camp has been looked into, but couldn’t be confirmed,” Interior Ministry spokesman Almas Sabudaev told the Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency. | |
| Zhumakanov revealed the recent attack while meeting President Nursultan Nazarbaev. | Zhumakanov revealed the recent attack while meeting President Nursultan Nazarbaev. |
| He also reported on the investigation of a recent extremist attack in the same area last week. | He also reported on the investigation of a recent extremist attack in the same area last week. |
| On June 5, two gun shops were robbed, a bus was hijacked and a military base in Aktobe came under a violent attack. The group consisted of local Islamists, who killed seven people, including three soldiers in a fierce shootout on the military compound’s territory, and wounded 37 people, most of them servicemen. | On June 5, two gun shops were robbed, a bus was hijacked and a military base in Aktobe came under a violent attack. The group consisted of local Islamists, who killed seven people, including three soldiers in a fierce shootout on the military compound’s territory, and wounded 37 people, most of them servicemen. |
| Police killed 13 assailants and arrested nine more. The manhunt for at least six more suspects continues outside the Kazakh city of Aktobe. | Police killed 13 assailants and arrested nine more. The manhunt for at least six more suspects continues outside the Kazakh city of Aktobe. |
| “We know who they are and that they remain in the region, the citizens have been warned,” President Nazarbaev said. | “We know who they are and that they remain in the region, the citizens have been warned,” President Nazarbaev said. |
| “We’ve got to capture them all. They must be punished in the most severe way,” he said, stressing that if they offer armed resistance the extremists would be eliminated. | “We’ve got to capture them all. They must be punished in the most severe way,” he said, stressing that if they offer armed resistance the extremists would be eliminated. |
| Security services in Kazakhstan are to remain on alert for at least 40 days. | Security services in Kazakhstan are to remain on alert for at least 40 days. |