Incident Summary:

11/03/2002: Two heavily-armed perpetrators, hiding in the basement of the Ansal Plaza shopping mall, were shot dead by the Indian police in New Delhi, India, where people were shopping on the eve of the annual Hindu festival of Diwali. Some policemen were injured, yet there were no civilian casualties. The perpetrators were suspected to belong to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Overview

GTD ID:
200211030003

When:
2002-11-03

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
National Capital Territory of Delhi (Union Territory)

City:
New Delhi

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	No

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity	Civilians
Entity Type	Indiscriminate Civilians/Non-Combatants
Specific Description	Indiscriminate civilians at a shopping mall in New Delhi
Nationality of Target	India

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Unknown
Extent of Property Damage	Unknown
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Handgun
Firearms	Rifle/Shotgun (non-automatic)
Weapon Details
Two pistols and one or two rifles were used in this incident.

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

Who

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	2
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	2 Fatalities
Total Number of Fatalities	2
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	2
Total Number of Injured	Unknown
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Indian Police Kill Two Suspected Islamic Militants in New Delhi Shopping Mall,• Hong Kong AFP, November 3, 2002.
"Two suspected Pakistan-based Laskhar militants killed in South Delhi,• New Delhi All India Radio Home News Service, November 3, 2002.
"Pakistan rejects Indian Deputy Premier's accusation,• The Pakistan Newswire, November 4, 2002.