Dozens of protesters and police dead amid Kazakhstan unrest: Chaos as Russian ‘peacekeepers’ arrive in country / As Kazakhstan burns over inequality, the elite’s wealth is safe and sound in London

Dozens of protesters and at least 12 police officers have died in ongoing violence in Kazakhstan, authorities have claimed, as “peacekeepers” from a Russian-led military alliance arrived in the country at the request of the embattled president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Witnesses in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, described scenes of chaos on Thursday, with government buildings being stormed or set on fire and widespread looting.

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Many of those demonstrating said the protests had begun peacefully earlier in the week, and turned violent after a heavy-handed government response. The interior ministry said 2,298 people had been arrested during the unrest, while the police spokesperson Saltanat Azirbek told the state news channel Khabar-24 that “dozens of attackers were liquidated”. There were also reports of about 400 people in hospital….

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/protesters-police-die-amid-kazakhstan-unrest

 

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