There were at least six waves of terrorist attacks on Alma-Ata, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev said. He estimated the total number of attackers at 20 thousand. Almost four thousand radicals and looters have already been detained in the country. An anti-terrorist operation is underway.
Introduced “red” – the maximum level of danger. Extremists continue to attack, burn and brutally beat people in the streets. More than a thousand residents were affected. There are victims. Some security officials were beheaded by radical Islamists.
Over 800 police and military personnel were injured. The extremists detained in Shymkent said that they received weapons, money and a certain drink with narcotic substances. In Alma-Ata alone, looters plundered about a thousand shops. Because of this, many grocery stores are closed. The damage is still estimated at $ 200 million.
But they warn that it is much more. According to some estimates, up to one and a half billion dollars.
It is also reported that the President of Kazakhstan will present the candidacy of the new head of government on January 11.
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