KAZAKH PRESIDENT ORDERS INQUIRY INTO BORDER SHOOTING
By empty (1/15/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Nursultan Nazarbaev on 15 January ordered an investigation into an incident on 14 January that left one Uzbek citizen dead on the Kazakh-Uzbek border. A Kazakh Foreign Ministry press release on 14 January stated that an Uzbek citizen identified as Muhammadov was shot and killed by Kazakh border guards as they attempted to \"thwart contraband activities.\" The press release noted that Kazakh border guards briefed their Uzbek colleagues on the incident and that the two sides were set to start a joint investigation on 15 January.Visit also
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