On Saturday evening in Korday district operates state of emergency. According to Kazakh authorities, at the present time the situation in the settlements, where the fight took place, calm, the situation is under control

The official information resource of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan

37 of the victims were hospitalized, nine of them in intensive care. Burned or destroyed several dozen homes, cars and shops. Detained several dozen people

The official information resource of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Riots with bloodshed in Kordai district of Zhambyl region in southern Kazakhstan, was the fault of provocateurs, with the connivance of government officials, they will be punished, wrote in Twtter President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

He also assured that the victims in the incident will receive state support.

On Saturday evening in Korday district operates state of emergency. According to Kazakh authorities, at the present time the situation in the settlements, where the fight took place, calm, the situation is under control, “Interfax”.

“5 February there was a traffic conflict, someone someone didn’t give way. From words proceeded to blows,” said the Deputy Minister of internal Affairs Alexey Silicide.

According to Caliceti, further aggravation of the situation provoked distribution in social networks. “People are not thinking about their comments, sent [them]. The youth succumbed to it. We and other regions have found these provocateurs,” said Deputy interior Minister. As he pointed out, among them there are citizens of Mature age.

Silicide also said that the emergency situation (es) manmade local scale, introduced after the riots in Kordai district, due to the prevailing circumstances, it is at the moment enough.

“The introduction of a legal regime is determined by the circumstances. Today, circumstances dictated the imposition of state of emergency of local importance by the Governor of the region. I think that when this mode was entered, then weighed all the pros and cons and decided that such a regime is sufficient”, – he told, answering a question whether there was any introduction in the area of the curfew.

Last Friday in the village of Masanchi Kordai district of Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan there was a mass fight between local residents. Then the riots spread at the village Aukati and Bollenbacher. Killing eight people, 137 people applied for medical help.

37 of the victims were hospitalized, nine of them in intensive care. Burned or destroyed several dozen homes, cars and shops. Detained several dozen people. In fact the incident is under pre-trial investigation under articles “Murder” and “Organization of mass disturbances” of the criminal code of Kazakhstan.

About 90% of the population are Dungans Masanchi – representatives of national minorities in Kazakhstan, descendants who fled in the XIX century in the Russian Empire because of the persecution authorities in China. In the media and social networks there is evidence that the cause of the collision was the conflict on national soil. The authorities of Kazakhstan, this report was denied.

Now the situation in the settlements Kordai district of Zhambyl region in southern Kazakhstan, where on Friday, the fight turned into a riot involving thousands of people, calm, said the press service of the Prime Minister of the Republic.

The Kazakh authorities have rejected the national implications of the conflict in the South of the country. “The situation in the settlements quiet. Earlier in the day local residents were assured that the riots will be no more, and the situation is under control. People and cars on the streets there, on the road between the villages almost no movement”, – stated in the message.

According to the press service, a government Commission arrived from Nur-Sultan, will be in Kordai district to monitor the situation on the ground.