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Runaway tram crashes 17 cars in Almaty, 5 injured
A large road accident involving over a dozen cars and a runaway tram has taken place in Almaty. Several people were severely injured.
22 September 2015
Armed attack on currency exchange office in Astana
An unknown man assaulted a currency exchange office in Astana on August 17. Police made an arrest the same day.
24 August 2015
Horrible road accident in Almaty, water carrier crushes pedestrians
In a fatal road traffic accident in Kazakhstan's Almaty, a water carrier truck killed 2 and injured 7.
17 August 2015
Fire in Almaty shopping mall
Fire has broken out in Passage shopping mall located at the crossing of Kunayev and Zhibek Zholy streets of Almaty city on August 10.
14 August 2015
18-y.o. girl from Kazakhstan killed in bus crash in Turkey
18-year-old girl from Kazakhstan Aida Sarabayeva was killed in a resent traffic accident on the road from Pamukkale to Antalya.
10 August 2015
Freight train runs off the track in Aktobe Oblast, Kazakhstan
20 train wagons have run off the track in Aktobe Oblast, western Kazakhstan. 6 wagons caught fire.
05 August 2015
Shopping mall under construction collapses in Karaganda, one injured
A shopping mall under construction has collapsed in Karaganda city in central Kazakhstan.
16 July 2015
6 Kosovo construction workers fall 20m in Astana, 4 dead
Six workers have fallen 20 meters at a stadium construction site in Astana; four died, two in severe condition.
15 July 2015
145-men fight between Chinese and Kazakh miners in Kazakhstan, 65 injured
A large fight between Kazakh and Chinese workers of Aktogay mine in East Kazakhstan occurred on July 8.
10 July 2015
Hurricane rips off roofs in Pavlodar Oblast
A hurricane blasted through Pavlodar Oblast in northeastern Kazakhstan.
09 July 2015
40m poplar tree topples on cars in Pavlodar
Strong wind has knocked down a 40-meters poplar tree in Pavlodar city, smashing the cars parked nearby. Luckily no one was hurt.
29 May 2015
Probe after Air France plane narrowly misses mountain
French accident investigators have opened an inquiry into a near accident involving an Air France Boeing 777 which narrowly missed central Africa's highest mountain with 37 people on board.
27 May 2015
Police frees Kazakh family taken hostage in Latvia
In a special hostage rescue operation, Latvian police has freed a Kazakhstani family of four, who were kept hostage for their expensive property in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
12 April 2015
Car turns in block of ice in Astana: Prank or accident?
A car has turned in a block of ice in Kazakhstan's Astana.
04 January 2015
7 people dead, 8 injured in gas explosion in Kazakhstan's Taldykorgan
Seven people have died and another 8 were injured in a gas explosion accident near Taldykorgan in Kazakhstan's south.
01 December 2014
Explosion in Almaty college: Why was the grenade real?
An explosion of a grenade in Almaty college in southern Kazakhstan killed a student. It also injured 12 others, some of whom remain in critical condition. But how could a real grenade replace a model in a basic military training classroom?
19 November 2014
Explosion in Karaganda mine: one killed, one injured
An explosion in a mine in Satpayev town of Karaganda Oblast in central Kazakhstan has claimed one life.
06 November 2014
Young man survives on saxaul seeds in Kazakh steppes for 5 days
A young man got lost in the Kyzylorgda Oblast steppes for five days until he was found by a rescue team.
28 September 2014
Cafe explosion in Kazakhstan leaves 18 injured
An explosion in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, has left 18 injured. Causes of the explosion are being investigated.
18 September 2014
Cradle hell of a year-old in Kazakhstan
What happened to this little boy has shocked Kazakhstan. Motives behind people's actions can be puzzling and at times disturbing.
18 September 2014