Man tries to take security officer hostage at Almaty airport

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An unknown man has tried to take a hostage and threatened her with a knife at the Almaty airport, Report informs referring to Kazakh media.

It took the police officers seven minutes to disarm the attacker.

The motives for his actions are still unknown.

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