A manhunt is reportedly under way in western Kazakhstan for people who robbed gun shops and are engaged in a shootout with police.

Eyewitnesses said the gunmen took hostages, and there are reports of casualties.

Police have killed four terrorists, and arrested seven more, as a manhunt continues outside the Kazakh city of Aktobe. Earlier the attackers raided two gun shops, hijacked a bus and attacked a military base, killing at least five people and wounding ten more.

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