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The additional detentions, reported by authorities in Almaty, which was hardest hit by the turmoil, takes the total number of arrests to about 12,000.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has blamed the unrest on foreign-backed “terrorists”.
Fuel price rises sparked the unrest that broke out in the country a week ago.
It comes after the former head of the country’s domestic security agency was detained on suspicion of treason.
The interior ministry said earlier that 26 “armed criminals” had been killed and 18 wounded in the unrest.
Hundreds have been arrested in protests that started after a fuel price hike.