A successful special operation was carried out in the Kaspi Bank building in Astana, all hostages have been released, Kazakhstan police reports.

“I would like to express my gratitude to the police officers, the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and others who participated in the release of the hostages at the Kaspi bank branch. Thanks to their well-coordinated and prompt actions, we managed to neutralize the captor.

The hostages were not injured. They were examined by medics,” Astana Mayor Zhenis Kassymbek wrote on Facebook.
Earlier, several local media outlets reported that a 30-year-old invader took seven bank employees hostage