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| Death toll rises to 13 in Kazakhstan unrest | |
| 2011-12-19 | |
The death toll in Friday's riots in Kazakh city of Zhanaozen climbed to 13, a spokesman for Kazakhstan Prosecutor General's office Nurdaulet Suindikov said Sunday at a briefing in Astana. It was reported earlier that 11 people died Friday in the riots in the city of Zhanaozen.
"According to the latest data, 86 people were injured as a result of the riots, 13 people died", said the prosecutor. According to Suindikov, some of these people died as a result of offenders' actions. There are people with shotgun wounds and injuries that weren't caused by the use of weapons and special equipment. "When suppressing the riots, police did not use the shotguns, nor contacted with the attackers; there could not be any possibility that security forces caused such injuries," said the spokesman. About 60 people were detained for violating the curfew in Zhanaozen, he said. According to Suindikov, of the 70 people who had been detained for rioting in Zhanaozen, 8 were arrested. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Isn't Kazakhstan is where Russians have their space complex? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-12-19 14:39 |