An ambulance on a street in Almaty. File photoALMA-ATA, Jan 15In Kazakhstan, during the riots, their participants made 20 attacks on healthcare facilities, said Asel Artakshinova, director of the public relations department of the Ministry of Health. and 14 pharmacies, seven medical workers and 45 ambulances were injured, of which four vehicles are beyond repair,» she said, making a statement on Saturday evening. According to her, three medical clinics in Almaty are number 1 city hospitals , 7 and 12 — «for almost three days they were in a state of siege, while employees during this period worked without a shift, around the clock, there was no food delivery for patients, and doctors had to prepare food for patients.» Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed the doubling of price n 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 throughout the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the country's Prosecutor General's Office, 4,578 people were injured as a result of the riots, 225 people were killed, including 19 security officials.Among the detainees in Kazakhstan there are foreigners, said the Secretary General of the ODKBUTr On January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart 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 for help from the CSTO «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 the terrorists, including those who had 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. On Thursday, January 13, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan.
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