2016 Aktobe shootings

Terrorist attacks in Aktobe, Kazakhstan June 2022 2016 Aktobe shootings 2016 Kazakh anti-land reform protests File:Kazakhstan National Guard base № 6655.jpg An area where the shootings happened Aktobe, Kazakhstan Two gun shops, military base and police 5–10 June 2016 Spree shooting, robbery, hijacking, shootout 43 (16 Civillians + 5 soldiers + 4 policemen + 18 terrorists)7 June 2016 Death toll from Aktobe attack reaches 19: Kazakh police https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-shooting-toll-idUSKCN0YT0M3 Reuters 7 June 2016Dubnov Arkady 8 June 2016 Nazarbayev on the Rocks: 'Terror,' 'Coup' Claims Shake Kazakhstan http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/opinion/article/nazarbayev-on-the-rocks-terror-coup-claims-shake-kazakhstan/571550.html The Moscow Times 9 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160610141300/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/opinion/article/nazarbayev-on-the-rocks-terror-coup-claims-shake-kazakhstan/571550.html 10 June 201610 June 2016 Islamist violence and a spate of protests have rattled Kazakhstan's ruler https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21700499-shaking-throne-central-asias-biggest-country-islamist-violence-and-spate-protests-have The Economist 10 June 2016 40+ Islamic extremists Retaliation of 2016 Kazakh anti-land reform protests, Islamic extremism, Christophobia The 2016 Aktobe shootings were a series of shootings on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in June 2016. On 5 June, two attacks occurred at gun stores, while a third attack was aimed at a military unit. Multiple shootouts between terrorists and police occurred over the next few days. The shootings left 7 victims dead and 37 injured, including 6 who died in hospital. Eighteen attackers were killed and nine were arrested.5 June 2016 Kazakhstan: Gunmen attack gun shops and army unit in Aktobe https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36455744 BBC News 5 June 2016 Background Terrorism and extremism are rare in Kazakhstan, however, Aktobe had been the site of Kazakhstan's first suicide bombing, in 2011. Despite the fact that Kazakhstan had been usually peaceful, the recent plunge in petroleum prices, Kazakhstan's main export, had threatened stability in the country, as was evidenced by a number of protests in April and May 2016. Recent laws allowing foreigners to purchase land in Kazakhstan had also caused an uproar. Shootings Initial shootings The group that committed the attacks, which numbered to at least 27 people, first robbed two gun shops early on 5 June, killing a guard and clerk at one shop and killing a customer at the other. They also wounded three policemen before three of the attackers were killed.Nurshayeva Raushan Auyezov Olzhas 5 June 2016 Suspected militants attack Kazakh guard base, kill six https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-extremists-shooting-idUSKCN0YR0IX Reuters 5 June 2016 The surviving attackers then hijacked a bus and rammed open a gate to a national guard base where they killed three servicemen and wounded nine before one attacker was killed. Later shootings The following night after the first shootings, five more militants were killed in gun battles with police and two were arrested.Orazgaliyeva Malika 6 June 2016 Five Aktobe Attack Suspects Killed Overnight in Clashes with Antiterrorism Forces http://astanatimes.com/2016/06/3-4/ The Astana Times 6 June 2016 More police officers were reported to have been killed or injured during the firefights. Early on 10 June, five militants were killed and two policemen were wounded in more gun battles in Aktobe.Isachenkov Vladimir 10 June 2016 Kazakhstan says 5 suspected militants killed in sweep http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1157adae8e4d4574b5ff62d94f5eead5 Associated Press 10 June 2016 11 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160911054515/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1157adae8e4d4574b5ff62d94f5eead5 dead Responsibility The perpetrators of the shootings have been described by the police press service as "followers of radical, non-traditional religious movements", a term that usually refers to Islamic extremists in Kazakhstan. On 10 June, Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev told his Security Council the attackers were Salafists and probably included Islamic State militants who had returned to Kazakhstan from Syria. Reactions Nazarbayev declared 9 June a national day of mourning. He also noted that the attacks occurred on the eve of Ramadan and claimed that they were ordered from abroad. He also suggested that the attacks were an attempt to start a "colour revolution" in Kazakhstan.Orazgaliyeva Malika 9 June 2016 Kazakh President Declares June 9 as National Day of Mourning http://astanatimes.com/2016/06/kazakh-president-declares-june-9-as-national-day-of-mourning/ The Astana Times 9 June 2016 Nazarbayev also called for harsher criminal penalties on Kazakhs who joined militant groups, tighter security at gun shops and military installations and for stricter migration control. Some observers have seen the attacks as evidence of rising tensions between different political groups. Others stated the attacks showed a weakening in president Nazarbayev's control of the country. 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