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In Kazakhstan, public controversy has arisen over claims about the possible circulation of dog meat and its alleged use in the catering industry. The trigger was publications on social media, an audio recording of an unknown man, as well as previously made statements by public figures.

In the village of Akhmetyaul in the Nurinsky district, a fire broke out in dry grass on an open area. Volunteers from the firefighting unit and rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations jointly extinguished the fire over an area of 45 hectares.

The Crime Threat Forecasting Centre of the Legal Statistics and Special Records Committee of the Prosecutor General’s Office has warned users about a new scheme for hacking Telegram accounts. Attackers are sending messages supposedly on behalf of the messaging platform’s official support service, convincing users to urgently cancel a non-existent account deletion.

In Astana, a tender has been announced for the purchase of 1,300 bicycles for the city's bike-sharing system. The total value of the lot is 2.336 billion tenge, and the customer is City Transportation Systems LLP.

The specialised inter-district criminal court of the Almaty region has pronounced a verdict against seven foreign nationals who were members of a transnational organised criminal group. The convicted individuals have been sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging from 19 to 20 years.

A 10-year-old boy received an electric shock and fell from a height in the village of Dolinka, Karaganda region. The child is in a serious condition in the intensive care unit of the regional children's hospital.

In the 6th microdistrict of Temirtau, Karaganda Region, rescuers evacuated 13 people, including 7 children, during a fire in a five-storey residential building. The fire broke out in a flat on the first floor.

The parents of a pupil at the Nazarbayev Intellectual School (NIS) in Astana have stated that their son experienced prolonged social isolation from his classmates. According to the family, after leaving the school the teenager attempted suicide, and the materials from their appeal to law enforcement authorities have been with the prosecutor’s office since April.

A video has been circulating on social media showing several people using force against a young woman in the car park of the "Khan Shatyr" shopping centre in Astana. The police have identified those involved in the incident and stated that there are no casualties.