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 () |
Armed Assault |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
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 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
Yes |
Alternate Designation () |
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. |