Incident Summary:

02/20/2008: In Pula, Croatia, two vans owned by ethnic Albanians were blown up one minute apart overnight. No casualties were reported and only minor property damage resulted. No group claimed responsibility for these attacks.

GTD ID:
200802200005

When:
2008-02-20

Country:
Croatia

Region:
Eastern Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Istria

City:
Pula

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 2 ethnic Albanian civilians
Nationality of Target Albania
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
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
Additional Information A threat was received by the family of one of the victims via a text message which read, ‘Bow your head down because the same thing that happened to your relative in Pula could happen to you too. Kosovo is forever the heart of Serbia.’
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 / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
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
“Ethnic Albanian vehicles attacked in Croatia,” Agence France Presse, February 21, 2008.