KZBlog

Tag archive for ‘tragedy’

• Unrest

  Chris Merriman has a good summary of recent events in Kazakhstan including the two people who set themselves on fire in public buildings, the car bomb, and now the killing of two policeman in Aktobe. On the latter, there’s a little more information out now. According to Azattyq (RFE/RL), around midnight on June 30th a […]

  7/04/11 • (Comments Off on Unrest)

• Lightning Kills Woman

  Two days ago during a flash thunderstorm, a woman was killed by lightning when she was swimming in the river. Lightning hit the water and injured another 5 to 10 people, depending on which news source you read. By the way, the emergency call was responded to very quickly. I was home when the rain […]

  8/07/10 • (4)

• After the Flood

  Global Voices Online reports on whether victims of the burst dams in Almaty oblast are getting the aid they need or not, and public giving comes to Kazakhstan hopefully to stay.

  4/13/10 • (Comments Off on After the Flood)

• Death of a Soldier

  A tragic story I came across on the death of a soldier from Aktobe. Apparently on March 4, Sergeant Marat Serkebayev, commander of novice platoon 97617, stationed in Almaty oblast, hit Private Azamat Orazbayev, killing him on the spot from failure of the heart and lungs.

  According to Megapolis (which has the most detailed account of the incident), the commanding Lieutenant assembled the battalion for the usual end of the day debriefing when he was summoned by his commanding officer.

  3/31/10 • (3)

• Reservoirs Dogs

  The Prime Minister is calling for better monitoring of dams and reservoirs in Kazakhstan, which makes sense given the recent tragedy. However the planned proposal, to have observation towers at each dam, seems a bit simplistic. The PM was quoted by Gazeta.kz as saying, “There should be people near each reservoir” One wonders what these […]

  3/20/10 • (Comments Off on Reservoirs Dogs)

• Update on the Dams

  Just an update on the tragedy in Almaty oblast where independent of each other, two dams burst at the end of last week. Global Voices Online cites some good Russian language blogs with details of the evacuation, including a post from Lord Fame on LJ [RUS] who knows the area and posts pictures from the […]

  3/16/10 • (1)

• Two Dams Burst

  An exciting week for breaking news. Apparently on Thursday and Friday two dams in Almaty province burst and thousands of people have been dislocated. Thursday, a dam was washed away in the Karatalsky region of Almaty province after heavy snowfall melted. 820 people are currently being sheltered in a nearby school. Friday another dam burst […]

  3/12/10 • (7)

• Another Mass Infection Scandal

  150 children suffering from leukemia were infected with hepatitis C. The mothers of the children claim that it was due to infected blood from blood transfusions, but the Ministry of Health claims that this could not have happened as all the blood in the Republic Blood Transfusion Center in Almaty is clean and the samples […]

  12/23/09 • (2)

• Tragedy in Ust-Kammengorsk

  Last Saturday, 5 December, an employee of the East Kazakhstan oblast akimat (province administration) apparently threw himself out of the window of the men’s toilet around noon. He was alive when the ambulance came, but never regained consciousness and died a few hours later despite efforts to save him. Medet Kasenzhanov was 29 years old […]

  12/08/09 • (Comments Off on Tragedy in Ust-Kammengorsk)

• The Kyzkillers

  Someone in Kazakhstan watched The Ladykillers a few too many times. There was an attempted robbery on Tsenabank in Astana by digging a tunnel to the bank vault. The suspects had been working on it for 15 months. They successfully dug the tunnel from a garage to the bank and were only discovered when security […]

  12/03/09 • (3)

«Older Entries