violent unrest“I have learned with sorrow that there have been victims during the protests that have broken out in recent days in Kazakhstan,” Pope Francis told hundreds of people in St. Peter’s Square for his noon blessing and address.
“I pray for them and for their families, and I hope that social harmony will be restored as soon as possible through the search for dialogue, justice, and the common good,” he said. Kazakhstan authorities said on Sunday they had stabilized the situation across the country after the deadliest outbreak of violence in 30 years of independence, and troops from a Russian-led military alliance were guarding “strategic facilities.”
Russia’s Sputnik news agency cited Kazakhstan’s Health Ministry as saying a total of 164 people, including two children, were killed in Kazakhstan over the last week. Demonstrations began a week ago against a fuel price rise before exploding into a wider protest against the government.
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