Aktobe Oblast officials reviewing list of facilities vulnerable to terrorism

    Since the beginning of this year, the law enforcement of the Aktobe Oblast have inspected more than 110 facilities that are considered ‘vulnerable to terrorism'.
    The inspections were launched as part of the 2013-2017 Action Plan for Counter Religious Extremism and Terrorism. They were discussed at a meeting of the Anti-Terrorist Commission and the Council on Communications with Religious Associations in Aktobe.
    Oblast Akim Berdybek Saparbayev ordered regional police to recheck the list of facilities that are vulnerable to terrorism, since ‘new projects have been launched’. Besides, he stressed they needed to facilitate the installation of security equipment at these buildings.
    “We need to review the efforts of the information-propaganda groups acting as part of Ansar Information and Analytics Center. Their work must be effective,” he stressed.
    Director of the Regional Religious Affairs Administration Bauyrzhan Esmakhan claims meetings with ‘the followers of non-traditional religious movements’ have also turned out to be fruitful.
    "Due to these meetings, the administration has been able to return around 200 people to traditional Islam," he noted, according to Kazinform.