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Ten killed after 'police opened fire' on rioting oil workers demanding higher wages in Kazakhstan

Contradictory accounts have emerged as to what precipitated the confrontation.

Daulbayev said police officers were attacked as they sought to quell a disturbance in the city centre and were forced to fire their weapons on protesters. He said 10 people were killed.

Roza Teletayeva, who said she was a former oil worker dismissed in June for taking part in a long-standing strike, said a peaceful meeting of several hundred demonstrators was surrounded by police in the morning.

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