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Kazakhstan: Dozen killed in riots - Russia sends "peacekeepers"

2022-01-06T06:55:40.346Z


Kazakhstan: Dozen killed in riots - Russia sends "peacekeepers" Created: 01/06/2022, 07:49 AM Street battles, burning buildings and a badly battered government that is resigning: Kazakhstan is slipping into a deep crisis. The President calls on Russia for help. Almaty - Dozens of people were killed in serious unrest in Kazakhstan. In the metropolis of Almaty there was a "violent exchange of fir


Kazakhstan: Dozen killed in riots - Russia sends "peacekeepers"

Created: 01/06/2022, 07:49 AM

Street battles, burning buildings and a badly battered government that is resigning: Kazakhstan is slipping into a deep crisis.

The President calls on Russia for help.

Almaty - Dozens of people were killed in serious unrest in Kazakhstan.

In the metropolis of Almaty there was a "violent exchange of fire" between armed people and the military in front of the town hall on Thursday (January 6th, 2022).

This was reported by the Russian state agency Tass, citing its local correspondent.

About 300 soldiers had advanced in armored personnel carriers.

They would have surrounded the square.

"Extremist forces" tried to storm administration buildings as well as the headquarters and several police stations in Almaty, police spokesman Saltanat Asirbek told the news agencies Interfax-Kazakhstan, Tass and Ria Novosti.

Dozens of attackers have been "eliminated".

On Wednesday, thousands of people stormed the city administration.

Kazakhstan: Dozens of people killed in riot

In the center of Almaty there are no more demonstrators and soldiers, reported the Kazakh medium Vlast in the news channel Telegram.

Many supermarkets and shops were looted, including an arms dealer's shop.

In addition, many ATMs were blown up.

"There is a strong smell of fire in the city."

Videos from the capital Nur-Sultan, on the other hand, show how public life started into the new day.

You can see cars and buses on the streets, but also a large number of security forces that have cordoned off the government buildings.

At the city's airport, all flights were reportedly canceled until noon.

The state of emergency applies throughout the country.

Long queues formed in front of some banks.

A man photographs the windows of a police kiosk damaged by participants in a demonstration.

Serious riots are currently taking place in Kazakhstan.

© Vladimir Tretyakov / dpa

The trigger for the biggest wave of protests in years is displeasure about the significantly higher fuel prices at the petrol stations in the oil and gas-rich former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan *.

In response to the protests, some of which were violent, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismissed the government before the military intervened in Almaty on Thursday night.

According to him, the Kazakh Air Force was in a "persistent battle" with "terrorists" who had hijacked five planes on Thursday.

Kazakhstan: Russia sends "peacekeepers" because of unrest

A military alliance led by Russia * has also announced that it will send "peacekeeping troops" to unrest-shaken Kazakhstan.

It was decided to deploy troops "for a limited time" in order to "stabilize and normalize" the situation in Kazakhstan.

The current chairman of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, announced on Facebook on Thursday.

Kazakhstan's head of state Kassym-Shomart Tokayev had previously requested help from the alliance.

(lrg / afp / dpa) *

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Source: merkur

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