27-year old detained in Almaty for attacking police officers - MIA of Kazakhstan

ALMATY. KAZINFORM - On July 18, 11 am, a man broke into the Almaty regional department for internal affairs, and as a result a police officer was gunshot.

Then, the man managed to take possession of the automatic weapon of the police officer, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan informs.

During the police pursuit the criminal used the stolen weapon and shot two police officers.

Later, the suspect was identified. In the shooting with the police he was injured and detained. While the arrest of the criminal two other police officers were also injured.

The culprit also shot one civilian who later died of the sustained injury. Three police officers also died of the injuries they had in the shooting.

According to the preliminary information, the detained man is a 27-year old resident of Kyzylorda region, who is also suspected of the murder of a woman this past weekend.