The death toll in Alma-Ata of security officials increased to 13 – the body of another decapitated law enforcement officer was found, the city commandant’s office said.
The protesters who took to the streets to protest after the sharp rise in the price of liquefied gas are not easy fiercely resisted policemen, but also took away their weapons, and then attacked administrative buildings and seized the airport. At night, the former capital of Kazakhstan was ruled by looters who plundered many supermarkets, shops and bank branches.
About a hundred armed men attempted to seize the local police department but were rebuffed, resulting in dozens of protesters killed, authorities said. The exact number of victims among those who organized the pogroms is not named, the police in Alma-Ata alone lost 13 people, and two of them were beheaded…
During the confrontation, over a thousand people were injured, including 353 law enforcement officers. The help of doctors was required for 400, of which 62 people remain in intensive care.
The counter-terrorist operation continues in Alma-Ata (President of the country Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev called the participants in the pogroms terrorists), armed men are holding the approaches to two hospitals and are gathering forces in Republic Square, from where they had previously been deployed.
The peacekeeping forces of the CSTO member countries came to the aid of the country’s authorities.
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