Kazakhstan says it thwarts assassination attempt on President Tokayev

Kazakhstan's special services have detained a foreign intelligence agent planning to assassinate the country's president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the National Security Committee (NSC) of Kazakhstan said, Report informs.

"On March 25, 2022, in the city of Nur-Sultan, the NSC counterintelligence detained a foreign intelligence agent, a citizen of the Republic' A,' who was planning an assassination attempt on the President of Kazakhstan," the NSC said.

The detainee is also suspected of preparing an assassination attempt on other high-ranking civil servants.