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Kazakhstan government resigns after violent protests over fuel price

Start: 05 Jan 2022 09:50 GMT

End: 05 Jan 2022 09:53 GMT

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government's resignation on Wednesday after a fuel price increase in the oil-producing Central Asian country triggered protests in which nearly 100 police were injured.

Police used tear gas and stun grenades late on Tuesday to drive hundreds of protesters out of the main square in Almaty, the former Soviet republic's biggest city.

VIDEO SHOWS: PROTESTERS IN KAZAKH CITY OF ALMATY / RIOT POLICE ON STREETS

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Source: REUTERS

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Location: Kazakhstan

Topic: Politics / International Affairs

Audio: NATURAL

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