Incident Summary:

03/19/2007: A Kyrgyz journalist was attacked and beaten on the outskirts of the Alamedin District of Kyrgyzstan. No claim of responsibility was reported.

Overview

GTD ID:
200703190003

When:
2007-03-19

Country:
Kyrgyzstan

Region:
Central Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Chuy (Province)

City:
Alamudun

What

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

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Journalists & Media
Name of Entity	Kyrgyz Journalist
Specific Description	Kayrat Birimkulov
Nationality of Target	Kyrgyzstan

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Melee	Blunt Object

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	0 Fatalities / 1 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	0
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	1
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
“Kyrgyz Journalist Attacked Near Capital,” 24.kg News Agency, March 19, 2007.