NUR-SULTAN - Kazakhstan's security forces have detained a total of 7,939 people as of Monday over last week's unrest, the Interior Ministry said,Government buildings were briefly captured or torched in several cities last week as initially peaceful protests against fuel price increases turned violent.
Mr Karim Masimov, former head of the National Security Committee, was detained on suspicion of treason last week, days after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismissed him.to end the unrest and declared a state of emergency in the oil-rich nation of 19 million.
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