Law enforcement agencies killed terrorist Erik Ayazbayev in Kazakh city of Kyzylorda on Thursday. Ayazbayev was one of the leaders of Agzhan Khasen's terrorist group, Kazakhstan's Prosecutor General's Office said."Ayazbaev refused to surrender and opened fire with a Makarov pistol, as a result the terrorist was killed with return fire," Prosecutor General's Office said.
No civilian and law enforcement officer died or injured. There is no threat to the public. Urgent investigative actions are underway at the scene.
Agzhan Khasen group leader and several members of the terrorist group were killed by law enforcement agencies on Dec. 3 in the Boralday settlement in Ili district of Almaty region in response to an active armed resistance.