State news agency Sputnik Kazakhstan reported that groups of five to six people, some of whom were injured, were seen running from the the scene. The city police department told Khabar 24 that weapons had been stolen from a gun store overnight. Demonstrators gather in front of police line during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on January 5. The deployment of CSTO forces to Kazakhstan represents a test of the organization's definition of collective defense. Ongoing violenceAlmaty authorities warned that people can be "shot without warnings" in light of ongoing violence, a journalist in Almaty told CNN on Thursday.

Source: CNN January 07, 2022 01:20 UTC