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 () |
Bombing/Explosion |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
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 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
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 |