"A young man, aged 30, cut his throat, he was found in Astana in the colony EC-166/10 behind the second barrack," said the report.
The Department of Penitentiary System of Nur-Sultan has confirmed this information.
“This incident took place on January 11 in the minimum security institution of the DUIS in Nur-Sultan with a person convicted under Article 346 (driving a vehicle by a person deprived of the right to drive vehicles and being in a state of alcoholic, drug and (or) toxic intoxication, as well as transfer of a vehicle to such a person ) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan," reads the report.
The police department (UP) of the Baikonyr region of Nur-Sultan is conducting a pre-trial investigation under Part 1 of Article 105 (bringing to suicide) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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