Critic of Kazakhstani president is found fatally shot

By: The Boston Globe, November 14, 2005 An outspoken critic of President Nursultan Nazarbayev was found fatally shot in his home, his family's lawyer said yesterday. Zamanbek Nurkadilov's wife found him lying face-down Saturday night, shot twice in the heart and once in the head, said the lawyer, Serially Musin. Nurkadilov, 61, who was fired as the emergency situations minister last year after criticizing Nazarbayev, had been supporting the opposition candidate in next month's presidential elections. Police chief Moldir Orazalin ruled out any political connection in the death.

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