Gunmen kill two policemen in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Gunmen killed two policemen in Kazakhstan's financial capital Almaty on Monday, security sources and the Interior Ministry told Reuters, as the authorities said they had launched an anti-terrorist operation. The Interfax news agency, quoting a police source, said "a religious radical and probably a follower of non-traditional Islam", was on the rampage in central Almaty, opening fire from time to time. Two witnesses told Reuters they had heard shots in several areas in the centre of Almaty, the