Deputy Head of the Almaty Police Department Colonel Tanat Nazanov died from infarction at the workplace after the mass unrest, which covered the city a few days earlier. The death of a high-ranking security forcial reports Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan.
According to the department, the body of the colonel was found in the morning on Monday, January 10. Details of what happened still remain unknown.
previously became aware of the death of the police chief of the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan Zhanat Suleimenov. He committed suicide after he became a defendant of three criminal cases due to protests. He threatened the tribunal.
In addition, in the morning of January 10, law enforcement officers found a dead colonel of the National Security Committee (KNB) of the country of Azamat Ibraeva. The body of a man found in the courtyard of his house. The causes of the death of the security fors remain unclear. The agency reported the beginning of the pre-trial investigation.
Protests in Kazakhstan began on Sunday, January 2, due to the rapid increase in gas prices for cars from 60 to 120 tenge (from 10 to 20 rubles) per liter. Soon, economic requirements were replaced by political: government resignation, holding new elections, consideration of the issue of lustration of people from the “clan” of the former President of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
To Wednesday, January 5, rallies have grown into bulk riots. In Alma-Ata, shops, banks were plundered, captured by the airport building, police plots, government agencies and infrastructure facilities. Army was sent to suppressing speeches. President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev appealed to the CSTO with a request to send troops to protect the country from armed gangs.
Online Summit of the Organization, which was held on January 10, he called the occurrence of a coup, inspired by the outside. Other leaders agreed with other leaders of the CSTO states, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.