Incident Summary:

08/07/2002: Unknown militants shot dead a tehsil (administrative subdivision of Indian districts) president and official of Kashmir’s National Conference party, Ghulam Hassan Jan, in Tral, 40 kilometers south of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. This attack occurred just before stat polls that were to start on September 16, 2002.

GTD ID:
200208070001

When:
2002-08-07

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Jammu and Kashmir

City:
Tral

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Indian Official
Specific Description Ghulam Hassan Jan, president of a Tehsil and official of Kashmir's ruling party National Conference
Nationality of Target India
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
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
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
“Indian agency reports Kashmir official shot dead by militants,” BBC Monitoring International Reports, August 7, 2002.
“Rebels kill Kashmir ruling party official,” Agence France Presse, August 7, 2002.