The number of law enforcement officers killed during protests in Kazakhstan has increased to 18, the Kazakh news agency Tengrinews.kz reported on Thursday citing the Kazakh Interior Ministry.
748 police officers and soldiers were hurt, according to the news oultlet.
A total of 2,298 demonstrators were held across the country, according to the agency.
Kazakhstan's Internal Affairs Ministry has said that those who refuse to lay down their arms will be killed.
Minister of Culture and Sport of the Republic Kazakhstan Aktoty RAIMKULOVA was born in 1964 in Almaty city. She is a graduate of the Kurmangazy Alma-Ata State Conservatory and the International Business Academy. Prior to being appointed to her recent post in June 2019, she was Vice Minister of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation
Yermek KOSHERBAYEV was born in 1965 in Almaty city. He is a graduate of the Kirov Kazakh State University, and the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the USSR. He began his diplomatic career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR in 1988. Then he served at the Kazakh Embassy in Switzerland and worked for several Kazakhstani oil and gas companies. He was Vice Minister of Agriculture and Executive Secretary of the Ministry as well. Prior to being named Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Russia in January 2020, he wa