Military at the checkpoint in Alma-Ata NUR-SULTAN, Jan 8 The shooting continues On the morning of January 8 in Alma-Ata, an anti-terrorist operation is underway, the agency Sputnik Kazakhstan reports, citing its own correspondent.
& # 34; On the morning of January 8 in Almaty, shooting continues in the center. The anti-terrorist operation in the city continues & # 34; — the agency reports in its Telegram channel.
Residents of the city help the police to identify suspicious groups of people. The militants are hiding in small squares and parks. The thick fog complicates the work of law enforcement officers. There is no exact data on the number of detainees yet. Riots in Kazakhstan Mass protests in the republic began in the first days of 2022, the reason for the discontent of the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country was a twofold increase in the price of liquefied petroleum gas used for refueling cars. Subsequently, people took to the streets in other cities, there were several clashes with Kazakhstani security forces, there are casualties from all sides. 
Tokayev said that terrorists attacked Alma-Ata at least six times The participants in the events, which the authorities call militants or terrorists, made several attempts to storm administrative buildings and police departments, they were repulsed. According to the UN, about a thousand people were injured during the protests. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic reported that 18 security officials were killed. Until January 19, an emergency regime was in effect throughout Kazakhstan, the authorities were cleaning the squares from the instigators of the shares. The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, dismissed the government and ordered to introduce regulation of selling prices for fuel, but the unrest continued. The head of state also headed the Security Council, at the first meeting of which he called the situation in Kazakhstan «undermining the integrity of the state» and said that he had asked the CSTO for help. Members of the organization sent collective peacekeeping forces to the republic during the riots. Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Belarus and Tajikistan will support Kazakhstan. The tasks of the fighters are to protect administrative and diplomatic buildings and help the local military maintain law and order. The commander of the Russian Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov, is in charge of the actions of the united group. 