Almost 400 fighters of the National Guard of Kazakhstan were injured in the riots, said Commander-in-Chief Ruslan Zhaksylykov. This is stated in publications Telegram channel of the authorities Coronavirus2020.kz.
“The number of injured soldiers of the National Guard has reached 394 people,” Zhaksylykov said. According to him, this happened “as a result of a confrontation with a hooligan crowd” in Alma-Ata, Shymkent and a number of regional centers.
More than 90 units of military equipment were damaged, the head of the National Guard noted.
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The protests in Kazakhstan began on January 2, triggered by an increase in the price of liquefied gas. Eyewitnesses of the protests told RBC that the demonstrators are demanding a change of regime, an increase in wages and pensions, a decrease in the retirement age, prices for food, gas and gasoline, and utilities.
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