Incident Summary:
04/10/2006: Thirty armed men attacked soldiers supervising free medical treatment for residents of the hillside village of Wenbi, India. Wielding rifles, axes, and bows and arrows, the unidentified perpetrators killed two Indonesian soldiers. A Indian soldier and a student were also wounded. Two of the attackers were also killed. Students training in the Keerom (District) were evacuated to Padangbulan medical school in Apebupura, Jayapura.
Overview
GTD ID:
200604100018
When:
2006-04-10
Country:
Indonesia
Region:
Southeast Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Papua
City:
Near Jayapura
Location Details:
Incident about 70 km from provincial capital
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Armed Assault |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Business |
Name of Entity |
Medical Services for Citizens of Papua |
Specific Description |
Indonesian soldiers providing medical treatment to residents in Wenbi |
Nationality of Target |
Indonesia |
Target Type: Military |
Name of Entity |
Military of Indonesia |
Specific Description |
Indonesian soldiers monitoring the border |
Nationality of Target |
Indonesia |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Ransom |
No |
Property Damage |
No |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Firearms |
Rifle/Shotgun (non-automatic) |
Melee |
Knife or Other Sharp Object |
Melee |
Knife or Other Sharp Object |
Weapon Details |
The attackers used AK-47 rifles, axes, bows and arrows for the rush, and the Indonesian soldiers were hacked to death with machetes. |
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 () |
Insurgency/Guerilla Action |
Additional Information |
Papuans have accused Indonesia's military of violating human rights in the province. Parents and students requested the Jayapura polytechnic administration pull hundreds of students from the area, halting the health service program that was due to end April 30. --The two attackers killed were buried at Arso public cemetery. The Indonesian soldiers killed were First Sergeant Achman Basori and First Private Sukarno, and the wounded Second Corporal Sugiharto. |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
30 |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
4 Fatalities / 2 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
4 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
2 |
Total Number of Injured |
2 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
Forbes, Mark, “Four die as Papuans attack soldiers,” Syndney Morning Herald (Australia), April 11, 2006. |
“Two soldiers, two suspected separatists killed in Indonesia's Papua province,” The Associated Press, April 11, 2006. |
“Indonesian military not to increase troops after Papua clash,” Xinhua News Service, April 11, 2006. |
Criteria
Criteria 1
The act must be aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal. In terms of economic goals, the exclusive pursuit of profit does not satisfy this criterion. It must involve the pursuit of more profound, systemic economic change.
Criterion 2
There must be evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) than the immediate victims. It is the act taken as a totality that is considered, irrespective if every individual involved in carrying out the act was aware of this intention. As long as any of the planners or decision-makers behind the attack intended to coerce, intimidate or publicize, the intentionality criterion is met.
Criterion 3
The action must be outside the context of legitimate warfare activities. That is, the act must be outside the parameters permitted by international humanitarian law (particularly the prohibition against deliberately targeting civilians or non-combatants.
Doubt Terrorism Proper
The existence of a "Yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper?" records reservation, in the eyes of GTD analysts, that the incident in question is truly terrorism. Such uncertainty, however, was not deemed to be sufficient to disqualify the incident from inclusion into the GTD. Furthermore, such a determination of doubt is subsequently coded by GTD analysts as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Alternate Designation
The determination of "yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper" by GTD analysts is coded as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Successful Attack
Success of a terrorist strike is defined according to the tangible effects of the attack. For example, in a typical successful bombing, the bomb detonates and destroys property and/or kills individuals, whereas an unsuccessful bombing is one in which the bomb is discovered and defused or detonates early and kills the perpetrators. Success is not judged in terms of the larger goals of the perpetrators. For example, a bomb that exploded in a building would be counted as a success even if it did not, for example, succeed in bringing the building down or inducing government repression.
Type of Attack
This field captures the general method of attack and often reflects the broad class of tactics used. It consists of the following nine categories:
- Assassination
- Armed Assault
- Unarmed Assault
- Bombing/Explosion
- Hijacking
- Hostage taking (Barricade Incident)
- Hostage taking (Kidnapping)
- Facility / Infrastructure Attack
- Unknown
Target Information
This field captures the general type of target. It consists of the following 22 categories:
- Abortion Related
- Airports & Airlines
- Business
- Government (General)
- Government (Diplomatic)
- Educational Institution
- Food or Water Supply
- Journalists & Media
- Maritime (includes Ports and Maritime facilities)
- Military
- NGO
- Other
- Police
- Private Citizens & Property
- Religious Figures/Institutions
- Telecommunication
- Terrorists
- Tourists
- Transportation (other than aviation)
- Unknown
- Utilities
- Violent Political Parties