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| Gun battles in Kazakh city after govt begins ‘counter-terrorist’ op – reports | Gun battles in Kazakh city after govt begins ‘counter-terrorist’ op – reports |
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| Eight police and military killed, over 300 injured in Wednesday’s violence so far, the Kazakh interior ministry says | Eight police and military killed, over 300 injured in Wednesday’s violence so far, the Kazakh interior ministry says |
| Reports and videos of intense gunfire are coming from the streets of Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty. This is after the government launched a “counter-terrorist” operation, blaming foreign-trained groups for chaos in the city. | Reports and videos of intense gunfire are coming from the streets of Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty. This is after the government launched a “counter-terrorist” operation, blaming foreign-trained groups for chaos in the city. |
| The operation was launched late on Wednesday, shortly after Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev branded the ongoing unrest a “terrorist attack” on the country. The president also said he has reached Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for help in getting the grip on the situation. | |
| Footage circulating online, purportedly shot in Almaty, shows a large group of servicemen in riot gear walking though the middle of a street with multiple explosions heard in the background. | |
| Another video shows an empty street with two civilians running for cover amid heavy gunfire. | |
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