Reports: Protesters in Kazakhstan storm city mayor’s office

MOSCOW (AP) — Local news reports say demonstrators angered by rising fuel prices have stormed the mayor’s office in Kazakhstan’s largest city and attempted to break into the presidential residence. The intensifying protests led the Central Asian country’s government to reisgn. According to the reports, many of the demonstrators who converged on the mayoral office in Almaty on Wednesday carried clubs and shields, and flames were seen coming from the building. It was unclear how extensive the fire was. On Wednesday afternoon, many Kazakh news sites became inaccessible and the global internet monitor Netblocks said the country was experiencing a widespread internet blackout.