Incident Summary:
04/06/2011: On Wednesday night around 0145, 10 kilometers from Baghmara in South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India, nine unidentified militants using AK 47s fired indiscriminately on a group of laborers, killing five laborers and injuring another laborer of the Gokha Coal Depot. The deceased were identified as Ram Badan Yadav, Suha Gin, Habibul, Noor Muhammad, Jamin, and the injured was identified as Rakib Miya. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants were responsible.
Overview
GTD ID:
201104060007
When:
2011-04-06
Country:
India
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Meghalaya
City:
Near Baghmara
Location Details:
The attack took place at the Gokha Coal Depot 10 kilometers from Baghmara in South Garo Hills.
What
Attack Information
| Type of Attack () |
Armed Assault |
| Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
| Target Type: Business |
|---|
| Name of Entity |
Gokha Coal Depot |
| Specific Description |
Employees of the Gokha Coal Depot |
| Nationality of Target |
India |
Additional Information
| Hostages |
No |
| Ransom |
No |
| Property Damage |
No |
How
Weapon Information
| Type |
Sub-type |
| Firearms |
Automatic Weapon |
| Weapon Details |
|---|
| AK 47s were used in the attack. |
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 deceased were identified as Ram Badan Yadav, Suha Gin, Habibul, Noor Muhammad, Jamin, and the injured was identified as Rakib Miya. The most recent available sources listed the time for this attack from 0145 to 0200, so the majority time of attack reported has been used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
| Number of Perpetrators |
9 |
| Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
| Total Number of Casualties |
5 Fatalities / 1 Injured |
| Total Number of Fatalities |
5 |
| Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
| Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
| Total Number of Injured |
1 |
| Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
| Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
| Mo Hong'e, “Indian Police Hunt Militants for Killing Five Laborers,” Xinhua News Agency, April 6, 2011, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-04/06/c_13815743.htm. |
| Hindustan Times, "Garo Militants Gun Down Five Labourers," LexisNexis Academic, Hindustan Times, April 7, 2011. |
| Press Trust of India, “Garo Militants Gun Down Five Labourers," LexisNexis Academic, Press Trust of India, April 6, 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
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