Incident Summary:

06/08/2004: Two members of the Civil Guard were killed in a shooting in the town of Castejon in Navarre [partly Basque-speaking region in northern Spain]. The two civil guardsmen were machine-gunned from a green Suzuki jeep which drove away. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Overview

GTD ID:
200406080002

When:
2004-06-08

Country:
Spain

Region:
Western Europe

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

City:
Castejon

What

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

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity	Civil Guard
Specific Description	Civil Guard
Nationality of Target	Spain

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

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)	Yes
Alternate Designation (more)	Other Crime Type

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	2 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	2
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
“Two policemen shot dead in Spain,” Madrid Canal 24 Horas TV, June 8, 2004.