Kazakhstan’s security services said Sunday they have arrested a foreign spy allegedly plotting an attack against the president and other high-level
Highlights
- A foreign intelligence agent, a Kazakh citizen, was arrested on March 25 in Nur-Sultan by the counter-espionage services, the National Security Committee said.
- A foreign-made gun, drugs, and large sums of money had been found during a search of his home.
- The statement added the suspect had confessed after his arrest and a terrorism investigation had been opened.
- The former Soviet republic descended into violence in early January when peaceful protests over a fuel price hike unraveled into bloody clashes and clashes and looting.
- More than 200 people died and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called in troops from a Russia-led security bloc to re-establish control.