More than 150 people have died and almost 6,000 have been arrested in Kazakhstan following violent riots in Central Asia's largest country this week, media reported Sunday citing the health ministry.
The energy-rich nation of 19 million people has been rocked by a week of upheaval, with a number of foreigners detained over the unrest.
Later on Sunday the statement disappeared from the government Telegram channel and the health ministry told Russian and Kazakh media that the information was published in error.In total, 5,800 people have been detained for questioning, the presidency said in a statement on Sunday.
A relative calm appeared to have returned to Almaty, with police sometimes firing shots into the air to stop people approaching the city's central square, an AFP correspondent said.Supermarkets were reopening on Sunday, media reported, amid fears of food shortages.Kazakhstan said Saturday its former security chief had been arrested for suspected treason.
Masimov, 56, was fired at the height of the unrest on Wednesday, when Tokayev also took over from Nazarbayev as head of the powerful security council. Critics accuse him and his family of staying in control behind the scenes and accumulating vast wealth at the expense of ordinary citizens.The full picture of the chaos has often been unclear, with widespread disruptions to communications including days-long internet shutdowns.
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