The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan reported that, according to updated data, sixteen employees of the security structures of the republic – the police, the National Guard and the Ministry of Defense – died as a result of the outbreak of riots… More than 1.3 thousand security officials suffered.
As reported, the law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan detained over 5.1 thousand peoplewho took part in the riots, reminds TASS…
Protest actions began in a number of settlements of Kazakhstan on January 2, and after a few days they escalated into riots and attacks on government bodies in many cities of the republic. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appealed to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for help. The peacekeepers who arrived in the republic have already begun to fulfill the assigned tasks.
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