Our world today is the best ever, but very vulnerable and self-destructive. This situation raises a question: should sovereign states be allowed to research and develop new weapons?
The Kazakh interior ministry said in a separate statement that 26 "armed criminals" had been "liquidated" and more than 3,000 of them detained, while 18 police and national guard servicemen died.
Some 70 people were involved in the initial brawl on the outskirts of the Masanchi village, close to the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border.