Incident Summary:
08/14/2011: On Sunday, in the Dera Allah Yar area of Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan, a blast at a hotel on the National Highway killed 11 persons and injured 14 others. The bomb, which was attached to a timer, ripped through a two-story hotel, reducing the building to rubble. The Baloch Liberation Tiger (BLT), claimed responsibility for the attack. A BLT spokesman, who introduced himself as Miran Baloch, phoned the local office of a news agency and said it was a remote-controlled blast and members of his organisation had planted the bomb inside the hotel. He also said his organization will target those people who participate in the celebrations of Independence Day of Pakistan.
Overview
GTD ID:
201108140001
When:
2011-08-14
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Balochistan
City:
Jaffarabad district
Location Details:
On the National Highway close to Dera Allah Yar, in Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan.
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Bombing/Explosion |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Business |
Name of Entity |
|
Specific Description |
A hotel on the National Highway |
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 |
Other Explosive Type |
Weapon Details |
A remote-controlled improvised explosive device was 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 available sources listed the fatalities for this attack from 11 to 15, and the injuries for this attack from 14 to 20 to 23, and because no majority figures were reported, the lowest proferred casualty figures were used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
Unknown |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
11 Fatalities / 14 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
11 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
Total Number of Injured |
14 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
South Asia Terrorism Portal, “Eighteen Persons Killed in Balochistan," Daily Times, http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailsmall_news.asp?date1=8/15/2011&id=1 (August 15, 2011). |
Jane’s Intelligence, “IED Attack Kills 11 Civilians in Pakistan's Balochistan,” Terrorism Watch Report, Al Jazeera, Reuters and BBC, August 14, 2011. |
Reza Sayah and Aliza Kassim, “Bomb Flattens Hotel on Pakistan's Independence Day,” CNN, August 14, 2011, http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-14/world/pakistan.violence_1_tribal-areas-paramilitary-group-balochistan?_s=PM:WORLD. |
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