A checkpoint with the military, organized on the road in Alma-Ata after the riots NUR-SULTAN, January 9 At least 850 participants in terrorist attacks, looting and other crimes have been detained in Kazakhstan's Alma-Ata, deputy akim of the city Yerzhan Babakumarov said. It is reported that there were no major attacks on buildings in the city over the past night. The situation in Almaty is relatively calm. 
About a hundred terrorists and looters were detained in Alma-Ata overnight According to the authorities, the residence of the president, the city akimat, the Republic square, the Duman microdistrict and a number of other districts have already been cleared from the bandit groups. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of cities Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Later, 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 updated data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 16 security officials were killed. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council. 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 said 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. 
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