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Gunman kill 3 policemen, 1 civilian in Kazakhstan

Xinhua, July 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Three policemen and one civilian were killed in an armed attack gunman in the southern Kazakh city of Almaty on Monday, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The incident happened at around 11:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), when an armed man was trying to enter a local police office and opened fire on a policeman, said a statement from the ministry.

The gunman then seized the automatic weapon of the policeman and tried to flee. He shot four policemen with the stolen weapon during the escape attempt, and was later wounded and subdued.

"The offender tried to grab a car from a local resident of the city during the flee. As a result the driver was wounded and died. Three police officers died from serious wounds," the statement said.

Almaty city has raised its terror threat level to critical and launched a counter-terror operation to track down an accomplice of the gunman. Endi