What’s Happening in Kazakhstan

On 5 June 2016 a group of people attempted to seize two firearms shops in the city of Aktobe in Kazakhstan and to break into a military post. A clash took place, leaving a number of dead and wounded. The city declared the highest level of alert and launched a counter-terrorism operation. Several more people were killed in the following days – the total number of gunmen killed reached 18. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the “Kazakhstan Liberation Army”, an organization which no one had ...