Dozens killed, over 1,000 wounded in Kazakhstan unrest

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Al-Araby

A police official in Kazakhstan’s largest city said Thursday that dozens of people were killed in attacks on government buildings. There were attempts to storm buildings in Almaty during the night and “dozens of attackers were liquidated,” police spokeswoman Saltanat Azirbek said Thursday. She spoke on state news channel Khabar-24. The reported attempts to storm the buildings came after widespread unrest in the city on Wednesday, including seizure of the mayor’s building, which was set on fire. “More than 1,000 people were wounded following riots in different regions of Kazakhstan, nearly 400 …

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