During the riots and the state of emergency (PE) in Kazakhstan, about 2 thousand people were detained. This was announced on January 14 by the President of the Republic, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
“During the events of the “tragic January” and the subsequent state of emergency, about 2 thousand people were detained for various offenses. Persons who have committed serious crimes will be punished in accordance with the law. For other persons, I instruct the Prosecutor General’s Office to establish the degree of their guilt. In the absence of aggravating circumstances, take measures to mitigate the punishment, ”he wrote on Twitter.
On January 2, protests began in Kazakhstan due to rising prices for liquefied gas. In some cities, the rallies turned into riots. The situation has escalated especially in the country’s largest city, Alma-Ata.
Radical rioters broke into the administration building, set fire to the prosecutor’s office, the office of the ruling party and seized the presidential residence. During the riots in Kazakhstan, 17 security officials were killed, two of them were beheaded.
According to Tokayev, the seized government offices are groups of terrorists who have received serious training abroad. The Alma-Ata commandant’s office also stated that the brutal actions of the attackers testify to the terrorist and extremist nature of the bandit formations.
For help in overcoming the terrorist threat, the president of the republic turned to the CSTO (which includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia). Collective peacekeeping forces were sent to Kazakhstan, which took under protection a number of strategic facilities. On January 12, the CSTO peacekeeping operation in Kazakhstan was completed. According to the leader of the republic, the presence of CSTO peacekeepers made it possible to stabilize the situation in the country, the mission’s activities were very successful.
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