In Kazakhstan, two deputy akims of Almaty were injured while escorting journalists from the Almaty TV channel, the Orda.kz portal reported.

It is noted that they were heading to the city akimat to take pictures. As the newspaper noted, the shooting from the residence of the President of Kazakhstan stopped relatively recently.

Earlier it became known that an employee of the "Almaty TV" TV channel was killed as a result of the shelling.

His identity was not disclosed. It is known that he was the driver of a car for the TV channel's film crew, which came under fire near the residence of the head of state in Almaty.

According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, during the protests and riots in Almaty, dozens of protesters were killed, and about a thousand more were injured. A representative of an international organization reminded the Kazakh authorities that force against protesters must be used in accordance with strict requirements of proportionality.

On January 5, against the backdrop of protests and pogroms in Kazakhstan, President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev appealed to the heads of the CSTO states with a request to assist Kazakhstan in overcoming "this terrorist threat."

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