Kazakhstan's former anti-terror chief arrested over protests
Karim Masimov headed the National Security Committee until he was removed this week.former counter-intelligence chief has been detained on charges of attempting to overthrow the government amid widespread unrest and violent protests.
The unrest began in the country’s far west as protests against a sharp rise in prices for liquefied petroleum gas that is widely used as vehicle fuel, and spread to the country’s largest city, Almaty, where demonstrators seized and burned government buildings. On Friday, the president said he has authorised law enforcement to open fire on what he called "terrorists" and shoot to kill.
“I have given the order to law enforcement and the army to shoot to kill without warning,” Tokayev said. “Those who don’t surrender will be eliminated.”
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