Incident Summary:
03/09/2011: On Wednesday morning, in Adezai village of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, at least 25 people were killed and 50 others were injured when Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants detonated a suicide improvised explosive device containing eight kilograms of explosives and ball bearings, at a funeral. The funeral service was for anti-Taliban Lashkar of Adezai member, Abdul Kalam alias Kala Khan, ethnic Pashtun tribal elder, and nearly 200 people were present when the blast occurred. No damage was reported and the TTP claimed responsibility. A militant, identified as Rab Nawaz Khan was killed in a search operation by security forces and was said to be the facilitator of the suicide attack.
Overview
GTD ID:
201103090020
When:
2011-03-09
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
City:
Near Peshawar
Location Details:
Adezai village
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Bombing/Explosion |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property |
Name of Entity |
|
Specific Description |
Civilians at a funeral |
Nationality of Target |
Pakistan |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Ransom |
No |
Property Damage |
No |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Explosives |
Suicide (carried bodily by human being) |
Weapon Details |
A suicide improvised explosive device was used in the attack. |
Additional Information
Suicide Attack? | Yes |
Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
Criterion 1 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Additional Information |
The available sources listed the fatalities for this attack from 25 to 43, and because no majority figures were reported, the lowest proferred casualty figures were used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. The most recent available sources listed the injuries for this attack from 20 to 50, so the majority casualty figures have been used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
1 |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
26 Fatalities / 50 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
26 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
1 |
Total Number of Injured |
50 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
Xiong Tong, “Anti-Taliban Volunteer Group Abolished after Attack,” Xinhua News Agency, March 10, 2011, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/10/c_13770553.htm. |
South Asia Terrorism Portal, "SHO among Seven Persons Killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," Daily Times, http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news3.asp?date3=2011%2F3%2F16#1 (March 16, 2011). |
Jane’s Intelligence, “Suicide Attack Leaves 25 Civilians Dead in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” Terrorism Watch Report, BBC, Al-Jazeera and Reuters, March 9, 2011. |
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