ASTANA. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The moderate (yellow) terrorist alert will be cancelled across Kazakhstan on January 16, 2017, the Kazakh Anti-Terrorist Center said.
The National Security Committee chairman made the decision in accordance with the president's order No 611 'On the Approval of the Rules of Organization and Functioning of the State System of Information Monitoring and Public Notification about a Terror Attack Threat' dated August 9, 2013, the center said in a report posted on the National Security Committee's website on Friday.
Kazakhstan declared a moderate (yellow) terrorist alert for a period of 40 days after the June terror attacks in Aktobe, where a red terrorist alert was imposed.
The yellow terrorist alert was extended across the country in August until January 15, 2017.
Kazakhstan and its particular regions and populated localities may establish the following terrorist alerts: moderate (yellow) in case of information about a real terror attack (attacks) threat which requires verification; high (orange) in case of verified information about a real terror attack (attacks) threat; and critical (red) in case of information about a perpetrated terror attack (attacks) or verified information about possible recurrence of a terror attack (attacks) or simultaneous terror attacks on sensitive facilities.
A group of religious radicals attacked two arms stores and a military unit in Aktobe on June 5. Seven people - three servicemen and four civilians - were killed. The anti-terrorism operation resulted in the deaths of 18 extremists and the detention of nine. The operation came to a halt on June 12. The weapons stolen by the terrorists were recovered.