The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ministry of Internal Affairs) of Kazakhstan Erlan Turgumbayev assessed the damage caused by the marauders during the riots. He amounted to about $ 200 million, said Minister on the air of the Khabar 24 TV channel.
Turgumbayev said that Marauders plundered more than 100 large trading facilities and banks, and also damaged and destroyed more than 400 units of motor vehicles, including 346 internal affairs vehicles. Damage from unrest has become a multi-million dollar: according to preliminary calculations, it amounted to more than 87 billion tenge or about $ 200 million.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs added that Marauders were beaten and subjected to bullying police officers and military school cadets.
“Selected specialists and uniform uniforms. At the same time, armed criminals opened a random fire on the streets of the city, killing police officers, servicemen and just citizens. Made the pogroms of the TRC, financial institutions, an autopsy of ATMs,” he stressed.
Earlier in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan introduced the “red” level of terrorist danger. In the region detained more than 90 people, seven policemen were injured, one died.
Mass protests, grew into riots, began in large cities of Kazakhstan due to the increase in liquefied gas prices. Although President Casim-Zhomart Tokaev introduced the state regulation of fuel prices and products, citizens nominated political demands and did not refuse to speak against power. The head of Kazakhstan has moved to the powerful decision of the issue with protesters.