Kazakhstan says 5 suspected militants killed in sweep

Published June 10, 2016

Kazakhstan's domestic security agency says five gunmen suspected of involvement in recent armed attacks in the city of Aktobe have been killed in a security sweep.

The National Security Committee said its agents early Friday tracked down a group of four suspected militants hiding in an apartment building in Aktobe, a city in Kazakhstan's northwest, about 70 kilometers (some 45 miles) south of the Russian border. It said the suspects refused to surrender and were all killed in a gunbattle.

Another gunman fired at police at a different location and was killed by retaliatory fire. Two police officers were wounded.

A series of attacks on a military base and gun shops in Aktobe Sunday killed 20, the worst violence the ex-Soviet Central Asian nation have seen in years.

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