Akim Almaty Bakytzhan Sagintayev said that he was an attempt. This is reported by Telegram-channel Orda.kz.
Sagintaev, that he fell under the shelling when he was driving to record the appeal to the townspeople on January 5th. “With bushes, there were automatic queues in full. Unfortunately, the driver of the channel” Almaty “died. There are wounded colleagues among my colleagues, my driver was also injured,” said the head of Almaty.
Sagintayev assures that it remains alone thanks to the professionalism of the driver. “The shells rushed between the cars. The shooting was full of”, “the official said and added that for some time they had a chance.
In early January in Kazakhstan, due to the increase in the price of liquefied gas, mass protests broke out, which turned into riots. The main collisions with security forces occurred in Alma-Ata. President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev called protesters terrorists and turned to the Countries of the CSTO.