Tragedy: Actor allegedly kills wife, commits suicide in Almaty
11:29, 26 May 2015
ALMATY. KAZINFORM - A man and a woman were found dead at the Kazakh State Academic Youth Theater named after Gabit Mussrepov in Almaty city yesterday.
The bodies of the two - actor Mukhitdin Shyntayev and his wife Gaukhar Sharipova - were found in their dressing room. The information was confirmed by press secretary of the theater Maiya Adilkhan. The police believe that Shyntayev stabbed his wife Gaukhar in the midst of a heated argument. "It would appear that he stabbed her and then killed himself," police said. The couple is survived by two children.