Shots are heard in Taldykorgan. This was announced on Saturday, January 8, by the correspondent of Sputnik Kazakhstan.
“In Taldykorgan, shots are heard in the Samal microdistrict,” says the publication’s Telegram channel.
At the same time, in Alma-Ata, on the evening of January 8, sirens were turned on for 10 seconds. An alert followed a minute later, but the text was illegible, ORDA News reported.
Protests in Kazakhstan began on January 2. The protesters opposed the rise in prices for liquefied gas. The actions soon escalated into riots. The situation has become especially aggravated in the largest city of the country – Alma-Ata. The protesters broke into the administration building, set fire to the building of the prosecutor’s office and the office of the ruling party.
Radical protesters armed themselves and began looting, destroying shops, pharmacies and banks in the city. The criminals ransacked the offices of five TV channels, tried to attack a pre-trial detention center in the city of Taldykorgan and attempted to enter the territory of a military unit in the Aktobe region.
The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, noted that the seized government offices were terrorist groups. He added that the bandits who caused the riots had received extensive training abroad.
It also became known about 18 security officials killed during the protests in the republic, two of them were beheaded. The National Guard of Kazakhstan reported two killed servicemen. In addition, there is information about attacks on doctors.
In addition, the press service of the Ombudsman for the Rights of the Child in Kazakhstan reported that a child died from a gunshot wound in Alma-Ata, and another teenager was injured.
The commandant’s office in Alma-Ata said that the violent actions of the attackers testified to the terrorist and extremist nature of the bandit formations. The presidential administration of the country noted that among the militants operating in Alma-Ata there were snipers with special rifles.
On January 5, the President of Kazakhstan dismissed the government, headed the Security Council and at its meeting announced that he had applied to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO, which includes Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) for help in overcoming the terrorist threat …
Later, the CSTO secretariat reported that the Russian part of the peacekeeping contingent was being transferred to Kazakhstan by military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Il-76 and An-124 planes with Russian peacekeepers and equipment arrived in the republic. The military began to carry out the assigned tasks. In addition, it was reported that Belarusian peacekeepers arrived in Kazakhstan. Also, peacekeepers from Kyrgyzstan and Armenia have already been delivered to the republic.
CSTO peacekeepers help Kazakhstani law enforcement officers ensure the safety of life support facilities, social infrastructure, and airports.
Source: IZ
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