Nazarbayev: if there is armed resistance wanted criminals should be killed

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered to detain all the suspects of the Aktobe attack. 

"We know that they are in the region, they have been identified, the citizens have been warned. There is a need to detain all the criminals and kill them if there is armed resistance. Everyone must be punished in the most severe way," he said at the meeting with the head of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Zhumakanov.

"A total of 13 criminals were killed in an anti-terrorist operation and 14 others were wounded. Another 20 people were detained on suspicion of their involvement in the attacks. Search for 6 more suspects continues outside the Kazakh city of Aktobe. We know that they remain in the region," Zhumakanov said.