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Kazakh Opposition Figure's Death Ruled Suicide

Zamanbek Nurkadilov (file photo) (RFE/RL)

Zamanbek Nurkadilov (file photo) (RFE/RL)

Almaty, 29 November 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The official investigation into the shooting death of Kazakh opposition figure and former Emergency Situations Agency head Zamanbek Nurkadilov has concluded that he committed suicide.

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November 29, 2005


The investigative team found that Nurkadilov first shot himself twice in the chest before putting the gun to his head and firing a bullet into his brain.


Interfax quoted an unnamed Kazakh law-enforcement official as saying that investigators concluded that the main reason why Nurkadilov shot himself related to family conflict.


Nurkadilov was found dead on 12 November. The For a Just Kazakhstan bloc has declared that Nurkadilov's death "without any doubt can be qualified as political."


A former mayor of Almaty and government minister, Nurkadilov later joined the opposition and accused the government of corruption.


(ifx/kazakh svc)

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