Kazakhstan, Astana, Dec. 18 / Trend K. Konyrova/
The death toll in Friday's riots in Kazakh city of Zhanaozen climbed to 13, a spokesman for Kazakhstan Prosecutor General's office Nurdaulet Suindikov said Sunday at a briefing in Astana.
It was reported earlier that 11 people died Friday in the riots in the city of Zhanaozen. On Friday President Nursultan Nazarbayev imposed emergency rule in the city.
"According to the latest data, 86 people were injured as a result of the riots, 13 people died", said the prosecutor.
According to Suindikov, some of these people died as a result of offenders' actions. "The father of slain Atabergen Dyusekenov, born in 1987, who was a teacher of professional technical school in Zhanaozen, complained to the law enforcement agencies that his son was killed by hooligans in the town square on December 16 for coming with his students to holiday celebrations," he said.
There are people with shotgun wounds and injuries that weren't caused by the use of weapons and special equipment. "When suppressing the riots, police did not use the shotguns, nor contacted with the attackers; there could not be any possibility that security forces caused such injuries," said the spokesman.
About 60 people were detained for violating the curfew in Zhanaozen, he said.
According to Suindikov, of the 70 people who had been detained for rioting in Zhanaozen, 8 were arrested.
According to the spokesman, during the last twenty-four hours, attempts to capture the building of a specialized administrative court in Zhanaozen, as well as isolated cases of looting and attacks against law enforcement officers were prevented.
According to him, additional internal troops and police forces were drawn to the city in order to establish public order and public safety. 19 checkpoint were constructed, 7 of them at the entrance to the city. Special mobile teams were set up to detect and suppress the looting cases.
"Necessary investigative and search actions are underway to find and arrest the organizers of the riots and looting", said Suindikov.
According to him, the situation in Zhanaozen is gradually returning to normal. However, he believes that there is a need for temporary restrictive measures provided by the presidential Decree on the emergency situation.
"At the same time, rumours of massive bloodshed are baseless, are the obvious disinformation and are spread with provocative objectives. During the last twenty-four hours there was not a single case of using firearms by security forces in Zhanaozen", said Suindikov.
On Saturday, hooligans set fire to the train in Shetpe station in Kazakhstan, which left 11 people injured, one killed.