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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev vows to crush resistance

Orders shoot-to-kill to quell protests

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan President

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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

2 min read Last Updated : Jan 08 2022 | 2:08 AM IST

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared that order had largely been restored in Kazakhstan but vowed to push ahead with a deadly crackdown after Russian troops helped suppress mass protests that had swept the country.

Security forces appeared to have reclaimed the streets of Kazakhstan's main city on Friday after days of violence, and the Russian-backed president said he had ordered his troops to shoot to kill to put down a countrywide uprising.

Dozens have died and public buildings across Kazakhstan have been ransacked and torched in the worst violence in its 30 years of independence.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said foreign-trained terrorists were responsible

Topics : Kazakhstan China Protest

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