ASTANA (Sputnik) – Zhumakanov said the suspect, a married native of the Kyzylorda region who sold cellphones in Almaty region, was sentenced in 2010 for violent robbery and in 2012 for illegal possession of firearms.
“[He] became friends with Salafis in colony,” Vladimir Zhumakanov said at an emergency security council session following an early Monday shooting that President Nursultan Nazarbayev classified as a terrorist act.
According to latest reports, the level of terrorist threat in Kazakstan's largest city has been lowered from "red" to "yellow."
