Moscow: Dozens of protesters were killed in Kazakhstan in the attack on government buildings and at least a dozen police officers died, including people found beheaded, said the authorities on Thursday.
There was an attempt to invade overnight buildings in the largest city in the country, Almaty, and “dozens of attackers were liquidated”, said Police spokesman Saltanat Azirbek.
He spoke on the Khabar-24 state news channel.
Efforts reported to invade buildings came after riots extended in the city on Wednesday, including the confiscation of the Mayor’s building, which was burned.
Khabar-24 state news channel quoted the city commander office said Thursday that 353 other law enforcement officers were injured other than the 12 killed.
Kazakhstan experienced the worst road protest that the state had seen since getting independence three decades ago.
The Russian-led military alliance, a collective security agreement organization, said on Thursday morning that it would send peacekeepers to Kazakhstan at the request of President Kassim-Jomart Tokayev.
Kazakhstan has been shaken by intensifying protests that began on Sunday on a sharp price increase for liquid oil gas fuel.
Protests began in the west of the country but spread to Almaty and the capital of Nur-Sultan.
On Wednesday, Tokayev vowed to take hard steps to extinguish the riots and declared a two-week emergency for the entire country, expanded the one that was announced for the capital of Nur-Sultan and the largest Almaty City who imposed an overnight night and limited movement into and around urban areas.
The government resigned in response to riots.
Although protests began to double the price for the type of liquid oil gas that was widely used as fuel fuel, its size and rapid spread showed that they reflected broader dissatisfaction in the country that had been under the same party rules since then.
Getting independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Tokayev claimed the riots led by “terrorist bands” who had received assistance from other countries that were not determined.
Kazakhstan, the ninth largest country in the world, borders Russia to the north and China to the east and has extensive oil reserves that make it strategically strategically and economically.
Apart from mineral reserves and wealth, dissatisfaction for poor living conditions in several parts of the country.
Many Kazakhs also chashes on the dominance of the ruling party, which holds more than 80% of seats in parliament.
Many convergent demonstrators at the Mayor’s Office on Wednesday bring clubs and shields, according to previous reports in the Kazakh media.
Tass then said the building was filled with fire.
Protests don’t seem to have leaders or demands that can be identified.
Many demonstrators shouted “parents left,” clear reference to Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country’s first president who continued to use big influence after the resignation of 2019.
Nazarbayev dominated Kazakhstan politics and his government was marked with a moderate personality.
Critics said he effectively instituted the clan system in the government.
After the demonstration spread to Nur-Sultan and Almaty, the government announced his resignation, but Tokayev said the ministers would remain in their role until the new cabinet was formed, making it uncertain whether his resignation would have a significant impact.
At the beginning of the year, gas prices were named LPG about doubled because the government moved from price control as part of an effort to move to the market economy.