Four Arrested After Blast At Kazakh Prison Camp

February 26, 2011

AQTOBE -- Four persons have been detained in connection with an explosion outside a prison camp in Kazakhstan's western Aqtobe region, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.

Regional Interior Ministry official Almat Imangaliev told journalists on February 25 that an investigation showed that a car drove up to the camp gates and someone threw out a small object that exploded.

Kazakhstan's Emergency Situations Ministry said the blast caused no injuries or material damage.

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