In the foreman of Almaty, denied reports that water in the system of urban water supply was poisoned. About this on Saturday, January 8, reports Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to the commandant, the information that appeared earlier in the media does not correspond to reality.
“Information that water was poisoned in Almaty, – lie. Water supply system under laboratory control,” said in the message.
Protests in Kazakhstan began on January 2 due to the increase in gas prices for cars. The cost of the liter rose from 60 to 120 tenge (from 10 to 20 rubles). Soon the economic requirements were replaced by political, and in the evening January 4 rallies turned into mass riots. In Alma-Ata, shops, banks were plundered, captured by the airport building, police plots, government agencies and infrastructure facilities. In this regard, a red level of terrorist danger was introduced in the republic.