12 law enforcement members killed in clashes with protesters in Kazakhstan
Some 353 members of Kazakhstan’s law enforcement were hurt in the clashes with protesters in Almaty, 12 were killed, the Khabar-24 TV channel said quoting the Almaty commandant’s office.
According to the TV channel, one of the victims was beheaded. "This proves the terrorist and extremist nature of criminal formations," the commandant’s office was quoted as saying.
Currently, an anti-terror operation is underway in Almaty. The TV channel, citing the republic’s Interior Ministry, says that it is complicated by the fact that the terrorists "use civilians as human shields."