"The akim (head. - RT ) of the Zhambyl region decided to declare an emergency of a man-made nature of a local scale in the Kordai district of the Zhambyl region from 21:00 on February 8, 2020," the statement said.

Earlier, the government of Kazakhstan said that after a mass brawl, 17 citizens of Kazakhstan turned to local doctors, 12 people were hospitalized.

On the night of February 8, in the south of Kazakhstan, a conflict occurred between local residents, as a result of which eight people died and another 40 were injured.