Zhanaozen got flooded with leaflets with the threats to police officers who will give witness testimony at the coming trial over organizers of the December clashes.
The chair of the board of the Civil Alliance of Kazakhstan Solovyeova argues that although some oil workers on strike followed the unrest organizers, they could not have plotted it.
Labor disputes of oilman should not be confused with the actions of bandits who took advantage of the situation. We will find out where they are funded from and who is doing it: Nazarbayev
Prime-Minister Karim Massimov has formed a Government Commission to deal with socio-economic, humanitarian and other problems caused by the turmoil in the town of Zhanaozen.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered an investigation into the violence in the western town of Zhanapzen that left 11 people dead and 86 injured.