2011 Aktobe bombing
| 2011 Aktobe bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Aktobe, Kazakhstan |
| Date | 17 May 2011 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapon | Improvised explosive device |
| Deaths | 1 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Rakhimzhan Makatov |
The 2011 Aktobe bombing was a terrorist attack in the city of Aktobe, Kazakhstan on 17 May 2011. The attacker entered the local headquarters of the National Security Committee in the Aktobe region and set off a suicide bomb, killing himself and injuring three others.[1][2] Initially, the bombing was blamed on "organized crime" in what was considered the first mafia-related suicide bombing in history. Some newspapers said that Rakhimzhan Makatov, 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.[3]
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References
- ^ Aldiyar, Kosenov (17 May 2011). "Врачи оказали помощь троим пострадавшим при взрыве в Актобе" [Doctors provide assistance to three victims of explosion in Aktobe]. Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ Lillis, Joanna (17 May 2011). "Kazakhstan Official Blames Mafia for Suicide Bombing". Eurasianet. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Lillis, Joanna (6 September 2011). "Kazakhstan: Astana Confronts Extremist Threat". Eurasianet. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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