06 January 2022 | CPJ
Media worker Muratkhan Bazarbayev killed in Kazakhstan
Shooting
Muratkhan Bazarbayev was a driver for the Almaty city municipality-funded broadcaster Almaty TV. He was shot and killed when unidentified gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire on vehicles carrying city mayor Baqytzhan Sagintayev and an Almaty TV camera crew on the evening of January 6, near city hall. This happened amid large-scale anti-government riots in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Apparently the convoy was on its way to record Sagintayev’s first public address following security forces’ reassertion of control over the building and adjacent area from protesters.
Bazarbayev suffered gunshot wounds to the stomach and legs and died at the scene. Diasken Baitibayev, a camera operator at Almaty TV, was shot in the hand and later had two fingers amputated.
Almaty police have opened a murder investigation into Bazarbayev’s death.
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