Unfinished song of Kairat Nurtas and its consequences for Almaty

At today's press-conference Kazakh singer Kairat Nurtas said: "I think that all this was the organizers' fault. They failed to ensure proper security. It was impossible to continue standing on the stage with people touch my hands or hair from all sides, or trying to kiss me. People started throwing something on the stage. I think there was a knife and some bottles. When I arrived there, I could hardly walk 200 meters to the stage surrounded by 5 guards. The place was packed. I had a feeling that something would go wrong, but I didn’t expect things to be that bad.”

“What’s the name of that woman in blue? She told me to stop the performance. While the authorities are investigating the incident, we don’t know whose fault it is and why all that happened,” Nurtas added.

Late on August 31 around 2000 people gathered near Prime Plaza mall for a concert but he joyful event turned into something quite the opposite. The crowd broke through the fencing then raged at the parking lot and the ground floor of the mall shattering windows and crashing the equipment. The mob was using stones and glass bottles.