In much of Kazakhstan, internet services have been cut off and mobile telephony has been limited.
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More than 1,000 Kazakh protesters have stormed the government headquarters in Almaty, where shots are heard, machine gun bursts and a fire have broken out, amid the protests that have been shaking Kazakhstan for several days after the rise in prices of liquefied gas .
According to the Interfax-Kazakhstan agency, flames and intense smoke can be seen from the windows of the second floor of the building, while the protesters maintain the siege of the government headquarters amid shouts of “Forward, Kazakhstan.”
The protesters, armed with sticks, have forced law enforcement officers to retreat into the streets surrounding the government headquarters and have stripped several of them of their shields and bulletproof vests.
In much of Kazakhstan, internet services have been cut off and mobile telephony has been limited.
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