After the dissolution of the government in the past few hours following protests over the increase in costs, especially for basic necessities and gas, the chaos in Kazakhstan does not stop. During the night, violent demonstrations continued throughout the country and as reported by the police, "extremist forces attempted to storm the administrative buildings and the police department of Almaty, as well as local departments and police posts" .
"Dozens of assailants have been eliminated and their identities are being investigated," said the spokesman for the police of the former Soviet Central Asian republic, Saltanat Azirbek, who called their killing a "counter-terrorism operation", the shooting is still in progress. course in the country's economic capital.
According to the Ministry of the Interior at least 12 members of the police were fatally injured in the clashes and another 137 were injured. One of the victims would have been beheaded.
Last night, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which brings together Russia and five other former Soviet republics, at the request of Kazakhstan announced the dispatch of a "peacekeeping force" to "stabilize the country" disturbed by " external interference ".
(Unioneonline / ss)
