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| Kazakh Opp leader attacked for second time |
| 2005-05-04 |
| A Kazakh opposition leader who said he intends to run against the ex-Soviet republic's veteran autocratic leader narrowly escaped being beaten by several dozen men while meeting activists in a southern town, his opposition alliance said on Tuesday. Zharmakhan Tuyakbai and other opposition leaders escaped by jumping from a second-floor balcony of a cafe in Shymknet on Monday after a group of young men broke into the building and chased them, verbally abusing and throwing chairs, plates and empty bottles at them, hi alliance, called For a Fair Kazakhstan, said in a statement. It was the second attack on Tuyakbai in the past month. The alliance said one opposition activist was beaten and hospitalised with a fractured rib and injuries of internal organs. "It was a thoroughly planned action carried out by the authorities," said an alliance leader, Altynbek Sarsenbayev. |
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