[RFE/RL] Kazakh authorities say Salafists were behind a foiled terror attack. The Kazakh National Security Committee (KNB) said on June 29 that it had detained several members of a group that had plotted "terrorist acts using improvised explosive devices." One of the suspects reportedly killed himself by detonating such a device. KNB head Vladimir Zhumakanov told reporters on June 30 that the six detainees had no links to those behind a deadly attack in the city of Aqtobe earlier this month. In that incident, about two dozen men described as Daesh sympathizers, attacked gun stores and a national guard facility, killing seven people.Security forces killed 18 attackers.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said the Aqtobe attackers were Salafists.