The President of Kazakhstan dismissed several officials after the massacres in the border villages and laid part of the blame on state authorities
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Riots occurred on the night of 8 February, in Kordai district of Zhambyl region in southern Kazakhstan
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The situation in the South of Kazakhstan, where unrest has led to human victims, is stable, said the head of Zhambyl region Berdybek Saparbayev. His words leads RIA “Novosti”.
“Today, in General, in Kordai district of Zhambyl region the situation is stable. All law enforcement agencies in conjunction with local Executive bodies work”, – said the Deputy Prime Minister at the government meeting.
He noted that five days for medical assistance after the accident of 19 police officers. “All the families of the victims assisted. Members of the Commission, on behalf of the head of state expressed his condolences,” – said the head of the region.
According to him, in Korday hospital there are 13 people, another 20 were in Alma-ATA. Also proposals will be prepared to assist victims of the riots. “Since yesterday, all schools and kindergartens work in a usual mode, all stores also started work”, – said the Deputy Prime Minister, adding that the situation is under control. In fact the incident the police instituted 25 criminal cases.
“The bloodshed was the fault of provocateurs, with the connivance of the employees of government agencies, they will be punished. Victims will receive government support. Peace and harmony – our property, no one has the right to undermine it!” commented on Twitter, the head of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Previously, he signed a decree on dismissal of President Askar Myrzakhmetov from the position of head of Zhambyl region and ordered to dismiss the Deputy head of the region on the social issues of sulushash kurmanbekova Kurmanbekova and the head of the Kordai district Bolatbek Bitola. In addition, the head of state instructed the Minister of internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Turgumbaev to release from posts of the chief of the police Department of Zhambyl region and the head of the police Department of Korday district.
Riots occurred on the night of 8 February, in Kordai district of Zhambyl region in southern Kazakhstan. According to recent reports, ten people were killed, nearly 50 protestors arrested. Because of the arson damaged 25 private residential homes, commercial property 31 and 41 cars. According to the interior Ministry, the cause of the riots was a traffic conflict that provocateurs were trying to translate into inter-ethnic one.
Eyewitnesses claim that the conflict could begin a few days before the mass brawl in the villages of Masanchi and Sortobe: journalists who visited the scene, according to local residents talk about the “everyday encounters” reports “Sputnik-Kazakhstan”.
According to officers, the fight started in Masanchi and grown, when it was joined by residents of neighboring villages – a total of a few hundred people in the course went stones, fittings and firearms. The head of the Association of Dungans of Kazakhstan Husa Dauria laid the blame on the security forces. In his opinion, if the riot police previously responded to reports of escalating conflict, casualties could have been avoided.
The authorities of Kazakhstan from the very beginning denied that there were inter-ethnic conflict, although such incidents are not uncommon in the country, writes the BBC Russian service. In the early 90s after the murder of a factory worker in Ust-Kamenogorsk has strained Kazakh-Chechen conflict: murder suspected a group of Chechens. In 2006 in Aktau gathered protesters, who initially demanded the resignation of the head of the city administration, and future performance, according to the media, was accompanied by anti-Caucasian slogans: the result was smashed shops belonging to the Lezgins, Chechens and Azerbaijanis.
In October of the same year in the oil field “Tengiz” was a mass brawl in Turkish and Kazakh workers. A year later, the conflict between Kazakhs and Kurds in the village of Mayatas, and in June of this year clashes was repeated on the same “Tengiz”. The conflict occurred because of the photo in the messenger WhatsАpp that Kazakhs considered offensive. Work imprinted itself on the foreground with the walkie-talkie in hand, and beside him is a colleague from Kazakhstan and shows the tip of the tongue. In the photo it looks like the girl licks the antenna of the radio.
As suggested by the political scientist Dosym Satpayev, the cause of the conflict was the growth of social tension in the country. According to him, the conflict “revealed the absolute impotence of the state agencies that are unable to function.” In a country decreases the level of education, young people can’t find themselves in the labour market even after graduation. Also the situation affects a large number of internal migrants who come to big cities and see the difference in social income.
In addition, historically the major part of Kazakhs lived in rural areas – and this, according to experts, most depressed regions of the country, with high levels of alcoholism, drug abuse, suicide and low life. According to the expert, urbanization destroys villages and villages inhabited by Kazakhs, and they have to move or be satisfied with existing quality of life. According to the world Bank, and 8.6% of the population lives in poverty. The Committee on statistics of Kazakhstan provides another number: of 4.7%. Economist Maksat Halyk says that the power calculations are based on subsistence minimum that is 29 698 thousand tenge ($76) per month, or $ 2.5 a day.
“One thousand tenge supposedly enough to ensure that people could enjoy Breakfast, lunch and dinner, and that his diet was included meat, fish, fruit, and cereals. This is ridiculous,” – said the expert in interview “to”Radio Azattyk”.