Organizers of pop concert in Almaty that turned into mob violence to be punished

ASTANA. September 2. KAZINFORM As reported earlier, Almaty city was swept with violence on Saturday night (August 31) after a pop music concert turned into a mass riot.
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165 participants of the concert disorders were arrested by the local police. Reps of the Prosecutor's Office told mayor of Almaty city Akhmetzhan Yessimov, management of the Prime Plaza shopping mall was not officially permitted to organize any mass events as the place was hardly suitable for the concert. However, it was not canceled.

"After PR-campaign, the management [of the shopping mall] refused to cancel the event that eventually led to mass disorders. In this connection, they will be punished in accordance with the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan," the Almaty Internal Affairs Department commented on the situation.

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