AKTAU, Kazakhkstan ? Police opened fire on rioters in a town in the tense southwest of the Kazakhstan, leaving one person dead and 11 wounded, authorities said Sunday.
A statement from the Prosecutor General's office said the violence occurred Saturday in Shetpe, in the same region as the city of Zhanaozen where 11 people died in a clash with police on Friday.
The statement said about 300 demostrators supporting the Zhanaozen victims blocked railroad traffic for several hours and after police tried to force them away, a group pf about 50 set a locomotive on fire, then moved into the town where they broke windows and set the municipal Christmas tree ablaze. The statement did not specify at what point police opened fire.
Zhanaozen has been the site of a monthslong strike by oil workers.
In the regional capital of Aktau, several hundred people rallied Sunday morning in front of the mayor's office to show their support for the workers in Zhanaozen and Shetpe. Police cordoned off the area to keep the protesters from drawing a larger crowd. Dozens of people injured in Zhanaozen are now being treated in Aktau hospitals.
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