MOSCOW, Jan 7 country, according to the TV channel «Khabar 24» with reference to the statement of the department. that among the injured employees there are those who have received gunshot wounds. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan, over the past few days, 33 attacks were committed on fire engines that extinguished fire or went to extinguish the fire, about 30 units of fire and rescue equipment were damaged. In «United Russia» called Tokayev's appeal to the CSTO timely Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022. Then the inhabitants of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Then the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 18 security officials were killed. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the republic’s Security Council, removing the first head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, from this post. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as undermining the integrity of the state and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. On January 7, Tokayev announced that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the President noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt;
The SCO anti-terrorist structure announced that it is ready to help Kazakhstan
