| 2011 Aktobe bombing | |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Location: | Aktobe, Kazakhstan |
| Date: | 17 May 2011 |
| Type: | Suicide bombing |
| Fatalities: | 1 (perpetrator) |
| Injuries: | 2 |
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, 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]