Incident Summary:

04/19/2000: A suicide car bomber exploded his vehicle just outside of the Indian Army’s 15 Corps headquarters in Badami Bagh, India. Four army personnel and three civilians were injured, and the bomber was killed instantly. It was later discovered that the suicide bomber belonged to Jaysh-e Muhammad (Army of Muhammad).

Overview

GTD ID:
200004190002

When:
2000-04-19

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Jammu and Kashmir (State)

City:
Badami Bagh

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Military
Name of Entity	Indian Army
Specific Description	Indian Armyâ€™s 15 Corps headquarters in Badami Bagh, India
Nationality of Target	India

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Yes
Extent of Property Damage	Major (likely > $1 million but < $1 billion)
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Suicide (carried bodily by human being)
Weapon Details
Suicide car bomb

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	Yes
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	1
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	1 Fatalities / 7 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	1
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	1
Total Number of Injured	7
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"œMore on Suicide Attack in Kashmir," Daily Excelsior, April 20, 2000.
"œReport: Suicide Bomber Belongs to Azhar"™s Militant Outfit," The Indian Express, April 21, 2000.