Troops told to fire without warning in Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan's authoritarian leader says he has authorised security forces to "fire without warning" amid a violent crackdown on anti-government protests.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said "20,000 bandits" had attacked the main city of Almaty, the epicentre of the unrest sparked by a fuel price hike.

The president has blamed foreign-trained "terrorists" for the violence, without giving evidence.

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