Muratkhan Bazarbayev

Affiliated media: Almaty TV channel , Driver

Incident date: January 7, 2022

Attack type:

Fatal accident

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Muratkhan Bazarbayev, the driver of the Almaty TV channel's camera crew was shot in the center of Almaty during the mass riots together with journalists. The doctors were unable to save him. It is not known who fired the gunshots.

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