Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 13
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
Kazakhstan’s Anti-Terror Center will withdraw the moderate (yellow) level of terrorist threat on Jan. 16, the Center said Jan. 13.
The decision was made by Chairman of the National Security Committee Karim Massimov.
The yellow or moderate level of terrorist threat was declared in Kazakhstan following a terrorist attack in Aktobe in early June 2016 which killed three soldiers and four civilians.
Later 18 terrorists were eliminated. Twenty-nine people were detained and sentenced to different terms in prison.
In August the yellow level of terrorist threat was extended for five months.
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