Incident Summary:

04/16/2011: On Saturday, in Sherpao Colony in the limits of Quaidabad police station in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified armed militants shot and killed an activist of Awami National Party (ANP), Najeeb Ahmed. The victim was a security guard of ANP leader Jamal Khan Afridi. No group claimed responsibility.

Overview

GTD ID:
201104160011

When:
2011-04-16

Country:
Pakistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Sindh

City:
Karachi

Location Details:
In Sherpao Colony in the limits of Quaidabad police station in Karachi.

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity	Awami National Party (ANP)
Specific Description	An activist of Awami National Party (ANP)
Nationality of Target	Pakistan

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Unknown Gun Type
Weapon Details
Unknown firearms were used in the attack.

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

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

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

Sources

Sources
Business Recorder, “Political Activists Among Seven Fall Prey to Targeted Killings,” LexisNexis Academic, Business Recorder, April 17, 2011.
"South Asia Terrorism Portal, "Target Killings Claim Eight More Lives in Karachi," Daily Times, http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news3.asp?date3=2011%2F4%2F17 (April 17, 2011)."