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Terrorist attack in Aktobe, Kazakhstan

2011 Aktobe bombing
LocationAktobe, Kazakhstan
Date17 May 2011
Attack typeSuicide bombing
Deaths1 (perpetrator)
Injured2

The 2011 Aktobe bombing was a terrorist attack in the city of Aktobe, Kazakhstan on 17 May 2011. The attacker entered the headquarters of the National Security Committee in the region and set off a suicide bomb, killing himself and injuring two others. Initially, the bombing was blamed on "organized crime" in what was considered the first mafia-related suicide bombing in history. Some newspapers said that Rakhimjan Makhatov [ru], the bomber, was a member of an organized criminal group. However, Kazakhstani officials eventually conceded that the attack was probably linked to Islamic extremists in the oil-rich province. The attack marked the opening of a violent summer in Kazakhstan's west, during which multiple attacks claimed the lives of a combined 19 people.

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References

  1. Lillis, Joanna (17 May 2011). "Kazakhstan Official Blames Mafia for Suicide Bombing". Eurasianet. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. Lillis, Joanna (6 September 2011). "Kazakhstan: Astana Confronts Extremist Threat". Eurasianet. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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