Six dead, eight wounded after Kazakh shootings - hospital source

Police officers detain a man after an attack in the centre of Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev

ALMATY (Reuters) - At least six people have been killed and eight wounded in attacks on police by suspected Islamist militants in Almaty on Monday, a source at the Kazakh city's emergency aid hospital told Reuters. The source said there were four policemen and one civilian among the dead, as well as one suspected attacker. The Interior Ministry had earlier put the death toll at four, including three policemen. (Reporting by Mariya Gordeyeva; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by Vladimir Soldatkin)