Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan January 6 ANI Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sought help from a Russia-led security alliance of former Soviet states to quell the unrest in his country.
According to NHK World, Tokayev sought military support from the six-member Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The organization sent peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan for a limited period, according to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who chairs the CSTO.
Since the beginning of this year, protests have been held across Kazakhstan over soaring fuel prices.
A massive protest took place today in the western town of Zhanaozen against the doubling of the price of liquefied petroleum gas LPG, which most Kazakhs use as car fuel, according to the media outlet.
The country ended a gradual transition to electronic trading for LPG to halt state subsidies for fuel and let the market dictate prices, as reported by the price rise.
Demonstrations have been extended to other Kazakh towns and villages, sparking the most geographically widespread protest in the country's history - and have encompassed wider grievances.
Some demonstrators in the largest city of Almaty stormed government buildings and the presidential residence on Wednesday, according to NHK World.
The state of emergency was declared by the Kazakh government to try to control the violence.
The country's Internal Affairs Ministry says eight police and national guard troops have died and more than 300 have been injured, according to NHK World.
President Tokayev said at a pre-dawn security meeting on Thursday that foreign-trained terrorists are taking over buildings and infrastructure.
He said Almaty had been attacked, destroyed and vandalized, according to NHK World.