Kazakhstan govt resigns after violent fuel protests

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government's resignation on Wednesday, a day after police used tear gas and stun grenades to drive hundreds of protesters out of the main square in Almaty.

On Wednesday a Reuters correspondent saw thousands of protesters pressing ahead towards Almaty city center, some of them on a large truck, after security forces failed to disperse them with tear gas and flashbang grenades.

Atameken, Kazakhstan's business lobby group, said its members were reporting cases of attacks on banks, stores and restaurants.