2020 Dungan–Kazakh ethnic clashes
[1] President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made a statement regarding the conflict in which he gave his condolences to the family of the victims and stated that the situation was now controlled by the Military Police and the Kazakh National Guard.[14][15] The police department of the Jambyl Region sent out a press release with a refutation after messages began to spread on social media that an interethnic conflict broke out in two villages of Sortobe and Masanchi.[17] On the same day, in the evening at Masanchi, a mass brawl broke out between 70 people, which eventually to a number of 300 when provocateurs and eyewitnesses to the conflict began to film what was happening and called upon others to participate through SMS messages and social media.[citation needed] On 9 February, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksey Kalaychidi reported that the death toll as a result of the riots in Korday had increased to ten people.[27] On 9 February, the government commission headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Berdibek Saparbayev met with residents of the villages of Sortobe, Masanchi, Aukhatty and Karakemer.[30] Deputy Prime Minister Berdibek Saparbayev, stated on 10 February that the real number of Kazakh citizens who fled to neighboring Kyrgyzstan was 24,000, a half of the total Dungan population of the Korday District.Some of those who left their place of residence out of fear for their lives took refuge under the protection of the Kazakh border guards of the Karasu and Sortobe outposts, whom provided accommodation for 600 women, children and the elderly in barracks and gyms.