This was reported by Sputnik Kazakhstan with reference to eyewitnesses.
“There is a fierce firefight in Alma-Ata,” the message says.
According to eyewitnesses, the protesters are armed not only with clubs and stones, but also with machine guns.
An anti-terrorist special operation is underway in the city.
Earlier, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, said that the protests in the country should be viewed as an act of aggression.
Also in the information center of the Alma-Ata commandant's office they said that the radical protesters caused huge damage to the city.