Kazakhstan says 5,800 detained in week of protests

By JIM HEINTZ
Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — The office of Kazakhstan’s president says about 5,800 people were detained by police during protests that burst into violence last week and prompted a Russia-led military alliance to send troops to the country. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s office said Sunday that order had stabilized in the country and that authorities have regained control of administrative buildings that had been occupied by protesters, some of which were set on fire. The Russian TV station Mir-24 said sporadic gunfire was heard in Almaty, the country’s largest city, on Sunday but it was unclear whether they were warning shots by law-enforcement.