Uzbekistan expresses condolences to Kazakhstan

On 9 June, the delegation of Uzbekistan paid a visit to the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Tashkent.

Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan an entry was made in the book of condolences in connection with declared national mourning in the country for the victims of the terrorist act in the city of Aktobe.

On 5 June, a group of criminals attacked two gun shops and an army unit of the National Guard in Aktobe, the Interior Ministry said. Seven people were killed in the attack, including three servicemen. Thirty eight people were wounded, the health ministry said. A total of 13 criminals were killed and 14 others wounded in an anti-terrorist operation. A search for six other suspects is underway.