Five people, including three police officers, were killed in an explosion and shooting in the southern Kazakh city of Taraz on Saturday morning, police said.
The officers were killed as they pursued a suspect believed to have robbed a hunting shop earlier on Saturday.
"Two officers recieved fatal gunshot wounds...and the third was killed when the wounded suspect set off what is believed to have been an improvised explosive device after being detained," a police staement said.
Earlier reports said three people had died.
