2011 Aktobe bombing

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.[1] 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, 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.[2]

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

See also

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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