URGENT: 20 detained, 18 of them arrested for Zhanaozen riots
13:05, 29 December 2011
ASTANA. December 29. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "20 people were detained for the participation in the Zhanaozen mass riots. 18 of them were arrested with the court sanction," official spokesman of the Kazakh Prosecutor general's Office said.
The mass riots in the town of Zhanaozen killed 16 people.