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Lengthy Prison Term Requested In Deadly Kazakh Bus Driver Attack Case


 A bus went out of control and hit three people after a male passenger attacked a female bus driver in December 2023.
A bus went out of control and hit three people after a male passenger attacked a female bus driver in December 2023.

Prosecutors in Kazakhstan asked a court to sentence to eight years in prison a man accused of attacking a bus driver in Almaty in December 2023, causing the deaths of three pedestrians. On December 22, a bus went out of control and hit three people after a male passenger attacked a female bus driver. The bus careened into bus stop filled with people and collided with four other vehicles. Four people, along with the bus driver, were injured. The attacker was arrested and charged with obstruction of a public transportation employee's work and hooliganism. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.

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