The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan confirmed the reports in the media about the attempted attack on the pre-trial detention center in the city of Taldykorgan, RIA Novosti reports.

“At the pre-trial detention center in the city of Taldykorgan, an attempt was made to attack. An attack by terrorists dressed in camouflage uniforms was prevented. In the course of the special operation, law enforcement officers destroyed one attacker, the second was wounded, ”the department said.

They added that there were 20 attackers in total.

Prior to this, the media reported that during the riots in Taldykorgan, the mayor of the city, Yerzhan Zhasybaev, was wounded. He suffered a head injury. Among the victims of the illegal protests was the first deputy akim of the Almaty region Lazzat Turlashov.

In Kazakhstan, protests began on January 2 in the city of Zhanaozen, Mangistau Oblast, after the price for a liter of liquefied gas increased to 120 tenge (about 21 rubles). Before that, the price for a liter of gas was 60 tenge. Two days later, clashes between protesters and the police and the military began in Almaty and other cities.

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