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The director of a school in Almaty was replaced following a mass poisoning of students.

Updated 2026-11-09 · told from many outlets at once

Almaz Kungozhin has been appointed director of the Republican Physics and Mathematics School branch in Almaty. He succeeds Meirbek Meirlan Edigeruly, who finished his work as the previous director. This leadership change follows a food poisoning outbreak that hospitalized fifty-eight children.

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