Head of State instructs to severely punish those responsible for Arys tragedy

As, needless to say, the consequences of the incident are very serious, we now have focused all our efforts to eliminate these consequences. Roughly speaking, most of the town was bombed out. The special investigation commission is now working. Following the commission’s work results, the Presidential Administration and the Security Council should submit proposals on the severe punishment of all the perpetrators," Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told an enlarged meeting of the Government.

This also includes the civil servants, who negligently granted permissions for the construction in close vicinity to the high-risk facilities. This work should be carried out urgently. Until August 10 provide the respective proposals. All the perpetrators must be held strictly accountable and must be punished," Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized.