
Kazakhstan leader orders security forces to 'kill without warning' to quell violent protests
CNN
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ordered security forces to "kill without warning" to stop the violent protests that have paralyzed the former Soviet republic.
In a defiant public address Friday, Tokayev said the unrest that began earlier this week as protests against rising fuel prices had been masterminded by well-trained "terrorist bandits" from both inside and outside the country.
Tokayev said the situation had "stabilized" in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, and that the "introduction of a state of emergency is yielding results."

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