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Kazakhstan: Three police and civilian killed in Almaty gun attack Kazakhstan: Three police and civilian killed in 'Islamist' Almaty gun attack
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Gunmen have killed three policemen and a member of the public in Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty, officials say. Gunmen who killed three policemen and a member of the public in Kazakhstan on Monday may have been Islamist militants, the president has said.
One attacker, 27, has been captured but an accomplice is still at large, the interior ministry said in a statement. Nursultan Nazarbayev called the shootings in the commercial capital Almaty a terrorist act and the terror threat level has been raised.
The government has raised the terror threat level but not said who was behind the attack. The interior ministry said one 27-year-old suspect had been detained but an accomplice was still at large.
Oil-rich Kazakhstan has recently seen rare protests and violent acts by people angry at proposed land reforms. A Reuters news agency report suggests the death toll may be as high as six.
Kazakhstan's land reform protests explained Monday's attack comes a month after a deadly assault by suspected Islamist militants in the north-western town of Aktobe.
Kazakhstan country profile Oil-rich Kazakhstan has also recently seen rare protests and violent acts by people angry at proposed land reforms.
Two gunmen attacked a police station in central Almaty, killing the three police officers in an exchange of fire, police said.Two gunmen attacked a police station in central Almaty, killing the three police officers in an exchange of fire, police said.
As they fled the scene, one of the gunmen shot and killed a local resident before hijacking his car.As they fled the scene, one of the gunmen shot and killed a local resident before hijacking his car.
Kazakh authorities said two police officers had also been wounded in the attack and identified the detained gunman as a former convict wanted for the murder of a woman earlier this month.Kazakh authorities said two police officers had also been wounded in the attack and identified the detained gunman as a former convict wanted for the murder of a woman earlier this month.
It comes a month after a deadly assault in the northwestern town of Aktobe. Groups of men targeted gun stores and a military base, killing seven people. At least 18 attackers were killed by police during that attack and in the manhunt that followed. Reuters quoted an anonymous hospital source as saying a suspect was among the dead on Monday.
Authorities blamed that incident on Islamist extremists. President Nazarbayev has ordered tighter security measures in public areas, the agency adds.
Kazakhstan, which is wealthier than other post-Soviet central Asian states, and has been ruled by the authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbayev since 1989. In the attack in Aktobe last month, groups of men targeted gun stores and a military base, killing seven people. At least 18 attackers were killed by police.
Kazakhstan is wealthier than other post-Soviet central Asian states, and has been ruled by its authoritarian president since 1989.