2011 Aktobe bombing

Terrorist attack in Aktobe, Kazakhstan hist Теракт в Актобе (2011) May 2026 June 2022 2011 Aktobe bombing point 50.2831 57.2233 10 yes yes 250 center 50.2831 57.2233 250 Aktobe, Kazakhstan 2011 5 17 y Suicide bombing 2 (including the perpetrator) 4 Improvised explosive device 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.Aldiyar Kosenov 17 May 2011 Врачи оказали помощь троим пострадавшим при взрыве в Актобе Doctors provide assistance to three victims of explosion in Aktobe https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/vrachi-okazali-pomosch-troim-postradavshim-vzryive-aktobe-187957/ 13 June 2025 Tengrinews.kz ruLillis Joanna 17 May 2011 Kazakhstan Official Blames Mafia for Suicide Bombing http://www.eurasianet.org/node/63499 Eurasianet 7 June 2016 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 ru Махатов, Рахимжан Орынбасарович, 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, including the country's "first ever suicide bombing" claimed the lives of a combined 19 people.Lillis Joanna 6 September 2011 Kazakhstan: Astana Confronts Extremist Threat http://www.eurasianet.org/node/64133 Eurasianet 7 June 2016 See also Terrorism and counterterrorism in Kazakhstan References 50.2831 N 57.2233 E source:wikidata title Category:2011 crimes in Kazakhstan 2011 Aktobe bombing Category:Islamic terrorism in Kazakhstan Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2011 Category:May 2011 crimes in Asia Category:Suicide bombings in 2011 Category:Suicide bombings in Kazakhstan Category:2011 disasters in Kazakhstan Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 2011 Category:2011 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Asia Category:Attacks on military installations in 2011