Kazakhstan protests: Dozens killed in clashes with cops

Kazakhstan news: Protests triggered by a fuel price rise killed eight police and national guard troops on Tuesday and Wednesday, prompting President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to declare a state of emergency and appeal for help from Moscow and its allies

Security forces in Kazakhstan killed "dozens" of protesters overnight as they tried to storm administrative buildings in the country's biggest city Almaty, police told local media on Thursday, as demonstrators rallied against the government for the third day.

Several armoured personnel carriers and dozens of troops moving on foot were seen entering the main square of Almaty early on Thursday, a day after a Russia-led security alliance offered to send peacekeeping forces to quell the unrest.