Death toll in Kazakhstan riots rises to 238

The death toll of the January riots in Kazakhstan rose from 232 to 238 people, Yeldos Kilymzhanov, deputy head of the Criminal Prosecution Service of the Prosecutor General's Office, said at a briefing, Report informs via TASS.

"During the January events, 238 citizens died. There are criminals as well as innocent victims among them. We go into detail on each case," he said.

Earlier, the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan reported that as a result of these events, 232 people died, and more than 4,500 were injured.