President of Kazakhstan declares December 28 a day of national mourning

The President of Kazakhstan declared December 28 a day of national mourning for victims of Almaty air crash, president's press secretary said.

Report informs citing the RIA Novosti that 15 people were killed as a result of Bek Air plane crash in Almaty. The chairman of the Council of Generals of Kazakhstan, Rustem Kaydarov andaircraft captain Marat Muratbaev died. 50 people are hospitalized.

Earlier, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that there were no Azerbaijani citizens among those dead.