Demonstrators set fire to Almaty’s city hall and raided the government building in Aktobe during the ongoing protests in Kazakhstan’s various cities. Tear gas and stun grenades were used by police teams who intervened with over a thousand protesters.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Askar Mamin’s government and appointed Deputy Prime Minister Alihan Smailov as interim Prime Minister in a Presidential Decree issued today.