The public social fund "For the People of Kazakhstan" will pay 7 million tenge (about $15 thousand) each to families of those who were killed during the mass riots in January, the fund's press service said on Monday.
"Each family of a deceased soldier, internal affairs officer, national security officer or a civilian who happened to be an accidental victim of the events will receive 7 million tenge as financial aid. Severely wounded servicemen, policemen of internal affairs and national security bodies and each family of wounded children will receive 3 million tenge (more than $6,400)," the report says.
The fund received information from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Security Committee (KNB), and Republican Guard about 21 killed and 43 seriously wounded. "Information was received from the Commissioner for Children's Rights of Kazakhstan Aruzhan Sain about three children killed and four wounded, as well as one mother of a large family who was killed. Information was sent from Elvira Azimova, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Kazakhstan, about 29 citizens who turned out to be accidental victims who died during the unrest. Three of this list is repeated in the list of the Commissioner for Children's Rights, two - in the list of the National Security Committee," explained the press service.
The fund plans to provide support to the families of the victims, who were accidental victims of the January events, as we receive final lists from official sources, including law enforcement agencies.
In early January, there were mass riots in Kazakhstan, with participants attacking police and military personnel. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke of an attempted coup and asked for help from the CSTO. The situation stabilized by January 7, and the state of emergency was lifted countrywide on January 19. According to the authorities, 225 people were killed and more than 4,500 were injured as a result of these events.
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