BREAKING: Shooting and hostage situation in #Aktobe, #Kazakhstan with reports of many casualties, reason unknownpic.twitter.com/RnrfrpKtbY
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BREAKING: Shooting and hostage situation in #Aktobe, #Kazakhstan with reports of many casualties, reason unknownpic.twitter.com/RnrfrpKtbY
UPDATE: Reports indicate that armed men robbed a gun shop first, before shooting many people, reports of a possible hostage situation
UPDATE: The group of armed men have seized a bus in #Aktobe, #Kazakhstan and taken its passengers as hostages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDBYc1qrX6k …
UPDATE: Armed group robbed 3 gun stores before seizing a bus and rammed it into a military base, Kazakh special forces engaged in gunbattle
UPDATE: Heavy exchanges of gunfire ongoing between Kazakh special forces and heavily armed men, additional special forces arriving now
UPDATE: KazakhTelekom and Internet Re partly offline, reports that local Hospitals are overcrowded with many casualties #Aktobe #Kazakhstan
UPDATE: According to reports the gunbattles are ongoing at multiple locations,special forces re'enforcement arrivingpic.twitter.com/Iq6h6fpsQX
UPDATE: 3 attackers have been killed, 1 captured and a number of attackers escaped, 2 security officials killed and 3 injured.
UPDATE: The soldier and police officer were killed during the attempt by the armed gunmen to storm a military base, there are many injured
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