Uzbek Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson denied the report saying the man, who was detained on suspicion of participation in mass disordersin Kazakhstan while trying to cross the border into Uzbekistan, was a citizen of Uzbekistan.
According to information obtained by the General Consulate of Uzbekistan in Almaty from the press service of the State National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, the detained person is not citizen of Uzbekistan, the Foreign Ministry said.
The information on detention of a man with gunshot wound on the border was published on the website of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan.