Most of protesters in Almaty went home

Most of the protesters in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, went home on Wednesday night, January 5th. This is reported by TASS with an eyewitness reference.

According to the interlocutors, local clashes with the police are happening.

Also in the city heard the sounds of light grenades, there are protesters on the streets and with reinforcement or sticks in their hands.

January 2 in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan began protests against rising gas prices for cars. In some cities, the protesters called on the first President of the Republic of Nursultan Nazarbayev to leave politics. On January 4, the collisions of protesters with security forces occurred in the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty, the unrest began in other cities of the country. The President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev introduced in the city and in the Mangystau region the regime of the PE and the Commandant hour.

/Media reports.