“Very well trained and organized bandits and terrorists are being led from a special center.
Some of them did not speak Kazakh.
At least six waves of terrorist attacks with a total number of 20 thousand people were committed in Alma-Ata, ”Tokayev wrote on Twitter, explaining the situation in the country.
As it became known earlier, President Tokayev gave the order to open fire on terrorists to kill without warning.
The detained participants in the riots in the country will be brought to the "strictest criminal responsibility."
The President of the Republic also noted that the terrorist gangs operating in Kazakhstan have been trained abroad.