Kazakh police detain about 2,000 people in Almaty - TASS

Natsional'naya Atomnaya Kompaniya Kazatomprom AO

06/01/2022 11:47

MOSCOW, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Police in Kazakhstan have detained
about 2,000 people in the country's biggest city Almaty, TASS
news agency quoted the interior ministry as saying on Thursday.
     Police earlier said they had "eliminated" dozens of rioters
after the country was hit by its worst unrest since gaining
independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
    

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Alison Williams)
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