A man was detained by police officers in Almaty. Archival photo MOSCOW, January 13 The number of people detained in the Kazakh city of Shymkent in connection with the riots has increased to more than 3.5 thousand, according to the regional TV channel Otyrar.kz with reference to the head of the commandant's office of the city Yeraly Zhumakhanbetov. Previously, local authorities reported about the detention of 2.7 thousand people, and also noted, that during the riots in the city 45 policemen were injured.
& # 34; The situation in the city of Shymkent is stable. Since the riots, 3,520 citizens have been delivered to the police. To date, 366 citizens have been brought to administrative responsibility. In relation to 271 of them, decisions were made to arrest, 40 were fined and 55 warnings were issued & # 34; — said Zhumakhanbetov.
The TV channel notes that, despite the stabilization of the situation in Shymkent, there is a round-the-clock watch at checkpoints at the entrance and exit from the city, the protection of strategically important objects of the city has been strengthened. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold 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 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 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 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. 
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