Overview
GTD ID:
200604020001
When:
2006-04-02
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Balochistan
City:
Bolan District
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Bombing/Explosion |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Utilities |
Name of Entity |
Petroleum Industry of Pakistan |
Specific Description |
Pakistan Petroleum Limited |
Nationality of Target |
Pakistan |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Ransom |
No |
Property Damage |
Yes |
Extent of Property Damage |
Minor (likely < $1 million) |
Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Explosives |
Land Mine |
Additional Information
Suicide Attack? | No |
Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
Criterion 1 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Additional Information |
The pickup was going to Dhadar from a camp of PPL, as it was engaged in oil and gas exploration in the area. The levy men and others were coming to Dhadar town, the (District) headquarter of Bolan to attend to their personal errands when the accident took place. --Speaking by satellite phone from some undisclosed location, a BLA spokesman accepted responsibility for the Dhadar incident. However, he regretted the levy officials' casualties, saying they actually targeted the FC. He asked levy personnel, who comprise of local people, not to provide shelter to the army and FC personnel. Mohammad Anjum said the preliminary investigation revealed that the saboteurs had planned the mine to cause harm to company staff and the levy men came across it. --The dead were: Mohammad Nawaz, Imam Bukhsh, Raja Khan, Abdul Haleem, Ali Nawaz, Mohammad Munir while the injured were identified as Mohammad Shabbir and Fazalullah. --Reports differ on the number of people killed. --The Chinese embassy in Pakistan barred its country's services from oil and gas exploration and production work in Balochistan due to security reasons, partly to this landmine attack. The operator recommended that after the landmine blast the construction team had to vacate the area in emergency and the site was left unattended. Several companies were contracted to drill at Tangna Pusht-1, and 40% of the work was done at the time of the attack, but the security contract was cancelled and compensation was to be paid to the families of the levy security personnel killed. |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
Unknown |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
8 Fatalities / 2 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
8 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
Total Number of Injured |
2 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
“Troops among 10 killed in Bolan, Kohlu blasts,” The Nation (Pakistan), April 02, 2006. |
“ROUNDUP: Nine killed, 11 wounded in blasts in south-western Pakistan,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, April 02, 2006. |
Rana, Arif, “Chinese Drilling Firms Asked Not to Work in Balochistan,” Business Recorder, April 04, 2006. |
Criteria
Criteria 1
The act must be aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal. In terms of economic goals, the exclusive pursuit of profit does not satisfy this criterion. It must involve the pursuit of more profound, systemic economic change.
Criterion 2
There must be evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) than the immediate victims. It is the act taken as a totality that is considered, irrespective if every individual involved in carrying out the act was aware of this intention. As long as any of the planners or decision-makers behind the attack intended to coerce, intimidate or publicize, the intentionality criterion is met.
Criterion 3
The action must be outside the context of legitimate warfare activities. That is, the act must be outside the parameters permitted by international humanitarian law (particularly the prohibition against deliberately targeting civilians or non-combatants.
Doubt Terrorism Proper
The existence of a "Yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper?" records reservation, in the eyes of GTD analysts, that the incident in question is truly terrorism. Such uncertainty, however, was not deemed to be sufficient to disqualify the incident from inclusion into the GTD. Furthermore, such a determination of doubt is subsequently coded by GTD analysts as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Alternate Designation
The determination of "yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper" by GTD analysts is coded as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Successful Attack
Success of a terrorist strike is defined according to the tangible effects of the attack. For example, in a typical successful bombing, the bomb detonates and destroys property and/or kills individuals, whereas an unsuccessful bombing is one in which the bomb is discovered and defused or detonates early and kills the perpetrators. Success is not judged in terms of the larger goals of the perpetrators. For example, a bomb that exploded in a building would be counted as a success even if it did not, for example, succeed in bringing the building down or inducing government repression.
Type of Attack
This field captures the general method of attack and often reflects the broad class of tactics used. It consists of the following nine categories:
- Assassination
- Armed Assault
- Unarmed Assault
- Bombing/Explosion
- Hijacking
- Hostage taking (Barricade Incident)
- Hostage taking (Kidnapping)
- Facility / Infrastructure Attack
- Unknown
Target Information
This field captures the general type of target. It consists of the following 22 categories:
- Abortion Related
- Airports & Airlines
- Business
- Government (General)
- Government (Diplomatic)
- Educational Institution
- Food or Water Supply
- Journalists & Media
- Maritime (includes Ports and Maritime facilities)
- Military
- NGO
- Other
- Police
- Private Citizens & Property
- Religious Figures/Institutions
- Telecommunication
- Terrorists
- Tourists
- Transportation (other than aviation)
- Unknown
- Utilities
- Violent Political Parties