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Foreign agent who planned to assassinate President Tokayev detained in Kazakhstan

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Sunday, 03 April, 2022, 12:54
Foreign agent who planned to assassinate President Tokayev detained in Kazakhstan

The Kazakh special services detained a foreign intelligence agent who was planning to assassinate Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the National Security Committee (NSC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan said on Sunday.

"On March 25, 2022, in the city of Nur-Sultan, the NSC counterintelligence detained a foreign intelligence agent… who was planning an assassination attempt on the President of Kazakhstan and a number of high-ranking civil servants," the NSC press service said in a statement.

Foreign agent who planned to assassinate President Tokayev detained in Kazakhstan