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| Dozens of gunmen in shootout with police, taking hostages in Kazakhstan - reports | Dozens of gunmen in shootout with police, taking hostages in Kazakhstan - reports |
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| A manhunt is reportedly under way in western Kazakhstan for people who robbed gun shops and are engaged in a shootout with police. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen took hostages, and there are reports of casualties. | A manhunt is reportedly under way in western Kazakhstan for people who robbed gun shops and are engaged in a shootout with police. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen took hostages, and there are reports of casualties. |
| Unconfirmed reports in the local media say several young men were being sought in Aktobe, a city of some 300,000 residents in northwest Kazakhstan. | |
| They are believed to have robbed two gun shops. The police and the armed men reportedly clashed with each other in a firefight. Some media said the gunmen took several hostages. | |
| The authorities are reportedly evacuating shopping malls in the area and are treating the emergency as a counter-terrorism operation. | |
| Kazakh police reported that two people were injured in the clashes, but would not immediately provide any details. | |
| The website Tengrinews.kz put the number of casualties higher, citing medical sources as saying that some 20 people with gunshots were taken to the hospital. |