{"id":656701,"date":"2022-01-07T00:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T21:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=656701"},"modified":"2022-01-07T00:43:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T21:43:05","slug":"security-forces-kill-dozens-in-kazakhstan-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2022\/01\/security-forces-kill-dozens-in-kazakhstan-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Clashes in largest Kazakh city, Moscow-led troops arrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_656805\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-656805\" class=\"size-full wp-image-656805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/63e48ffb6686704834f07e8d18795cc805e78c67.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/63e48ffb6686704834f07e8d18795cc805e78c67.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/63e48ffb6686704834f07e8d18795cc805e78c67-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-656805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of people have been reported killed in the unrest in Kazakhstan&#8217;s biggest city Almaty &copy; <b>AFP \/ Alexander BOGDANOV<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP), Jan 6 &#8211; <\/i>Bursts of gunfire echoed through the streets of Kazakhstan&#8217;s largest city on Thursday as Moscow-led troops arrived to help quell mass unrest that left dozens dead and hundreds detained.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting in Almaty continued a day after protesters stormed several government buildings, with an AFP correspondent hearing regular eruptions of gunfire from the direction of a central square.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reports said security forces had cleared demonstrators from the square and other key government buildings, but there were also reports of gunfire elsewhere in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The first units of Russian forces from a Moscow-led peacekeeping force had meanwhile arrived in Kazakhstan, the Russian defence ministry said, after the Kazakh government appealed for help. <\/p>\n<p>Long seen as one the most stable of the ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia, energy-rich Kazakhstan is facing its biggest crisis in decades after days of protests over rising fuel prices escalated into widespread unrest.<\/p>\n<p>Armed protesters have fought running battles with government forces, with officials saying 748 security officers have been wounded and 18 killed, including two who had their heads cut off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8216;So terrifying&#8217; &#8211;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_656751\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-656751\" class=\"size-full wp-image-656751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/45cb4385b1c3591422eaf889c107c070409b39ac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/45cb4385b1c3591422eaf889c107c070409b39ac.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/45cb4385b1c3591422eaf889c107c070409b39ac-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-656751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Energy-rich Kazakhstan is experiencing its biggest crisis in decades after days of protests over fuel price hikes &copy; <b>AFP \/ Alexander BOGDANOV<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Burnt-out vehicles littered Almaty&#8217;s streets, several government buildings were in ruins and bullet casings were strewn over the grounds of the presidential residence, which was stormed and looted by protesters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know our people could be so terrifying,&#8221; Samal, a 29-year-old nursery-school teacher, told AFP near the residence.<\/p>\n<p>Under increasing pressure, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appealed overnight to the Russia-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), which includes five other ex-Soviet states, to combat what he called &#8220;terrorist groups&#8221; that had &#8220;received extensive training abroad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_656581\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-656581\" class=\"size-full wp-image-656581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/4d7a46a5bfbf1f8bf21059a1ab4c7f9adccba5de.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/4d7a46a5bfbf1f8bf21059a1ab4c7f9adccba5de.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/4d7a46a5bfbf1f8bf21059a1ab4c7f9adccba5de-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-656581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Almaty &copy; <b>AFP \/ Tupac POINTU<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Within hours the alliance said the first troops had been sent &#8212; including Russian paratroopers and military units from the other CSTO members &#8212; in its first major joint action since its founding in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peacekeeping forces&#8230; were sent to the Republic of Kazakhstan for a limited time to stabilise and normalise the situation,&#8221; the CSTO said in a statement, without specifying the number of troops involved.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian foreign ministry said it saw the unrest as &#8220;an attempt inspired from outside to undermine the security and integrity&#8221; of Kazakhstan. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_656776\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-656776\" class=\"size-full wp-image-656776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/ba3cbc245d6ce5d9f585a7e17e4a5fcaa94a0b1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/ba3cbc245d6ce5d9f585a7e17e4a5fcaa94a0b1b.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/ba3cbc245d6ce5d9f585a7e17e4a5fcaa94a0b1b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-656776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Security forces are clashing with protesters in an unprecedented outburst of violence &copy; <b>AFP \/ Alexander PLATONOV<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the worst reported violence so far, police said dozens of people were &#8220;eliminated&#8221; in overnight battles with security forces at government buildings in Almaty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Over 2,000 detained &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The interior ministry said police had &#8220;moved forward to clear the streets&#8221; and detained about 2,300 people so far.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said more than 1,000 people had been wounded in the unrest, with nearly 400 admitted to hospital and 62 in intensive care.<\/p>\n<p>Protests spread across the nation of 19 million this week in outrage over a New Year increase in prices for liquid petroleum gas (LPG).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_656597\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-656597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-656597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/557f2a137b505ebd807f16b8e9cc89039aae03fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/557f2a137b505ebd807f16b8e9cc89039aae03fd.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/557f2a137b505ebd807f16b8e9cc89039aae03fd-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-656597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters were reported to have stormed several buildings include the Almaty mayor&#8217;s office &copy; <b>AFP<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thousands took to the streets in Almaty and in the western province of Mangystau, saying the price rise was unfair given oil and gas exporter Kazakhstan&#8217;s vast energy reserves.<\/p>\n<p>The full picture of the chaos was unclear, with widespread disruptions to communications including mobile phone signals, the blocking of online messengers and hours-long internet shutdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The protests are the biggest threat so far to the regime established by Kazakhstan&#8217;s founding president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who stepped down in 2019 and hand-picked Tokayev as his successor. <\/p>\n<p>Tokayev tried to head off further unrest by announcing the resignation of the cabinet early on Wednesday, but protests continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8216;A revolution&#8217; &#8211;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_656777\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-656777\" class=\"size-full wp-image-656777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/ddd40ed5ca390bfc796030cf1aca3d9263bb3d43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/ddd40ed5ca390bfc796030cf1aca3d9263bb3d43.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/ddd40ed5ca390bfc796030cf1aca3d9263bb3d43-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-656777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unprecedented protests over a hike in energy prices have swept Kazakhstan &copy; <b>AFP \/ Abduaziz MADYAROV<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>As protests escalated, authorities declared a nationwide state of emergency until January 19, with curfews, restrictions on movements and bans on mass gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>The government made another concession on Thursday, setting new fuel price limits for six months, saying &#8220;urgent&#8221; measures were needed &#8220;to stabilise the socio-economic situation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the anger appeared directed at Nazarbayev, who is 81 and had ruled Kazakhstan since 1989 before handing power to Tokayev.<\/p>\n<p>Many protesters shouted &#8220;Old Man Out!&#8221; in reference to Nazarbayev and several witnesses confirmed to AFP that a statue of the ex-leader had been torn down in the southern city of Taldykorgan.<\/p>\n<p>Western countries have called for restraint on all sides, with US State Department spokesman Ned Price warning Russian troops in Kazakhstan against taking control of the country&#8217;s institutions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States and, frankly, the world will be watching for any violation of human rights,&#8221; Price said.<\/p>\n<p>France-based Kazakh opposition leader Mukhtar Ablyazov said that the country&#8217;s ruling regime was nearing its end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is only a question now of how long,&#8221; the former energy minister told AFP in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Literally in three days a revolution took place, and it is really a revolution in the public consciousness&#8230; people understood that they are not weak.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP), Jan 6 &#8211; Bursts of gunfire echoed through the streets of Kazakhstan&#8217;s largest city on Thursday as Moscow-led troops arrived to help quell mass unrest that left dozens dead and hundreds detained. 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