Incident Summary:

03/16/2006: Near Sao Domingos, Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau, a bus drove over a land mine. Eleven civilans were killed, twelve were injured, and the bus was damaged. No claim of responsibility was reported.

Overview

GTD ID:
200603160005

When:
2006-03-16

Country:
Guinea-Bissau

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

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

City:
Near Sao Domingos

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity	Civilians
Specific Description	Guinea-Bissau Civilians
Nationality of Target	Guinea-Bissau

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Yes
Extent of Property Damage	Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Land Mine

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	11 Fatalities / 12 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	11
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	12
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
National Counter Terrorism Center, 2006 Report on Terrorism