Incident Summary:

10/28/2010: On Thursday morning, in the al-Jihad neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the motorcade of General Hussein Mahdi Goumaa, the Deputy assistant of the Interior Ministry. Goumaa was wounded, and his car damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility.

GTD ID:
201010280009

When:
2010-10-28

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Baghdad

City:
Baghdad

Location Details:
The bombing occurred in the al-Jihad neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity
Specific Description The convoy of a Deputy assistant
Nationality of Target Iraq
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 Other Explosive Type
Weapon Details
An improvised explosive device was used in the attack.
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
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
Voice of Iraq, "Police General Wounded by IED in Baghdad," http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=138400 (October 28, 2010).
BBC Monitoring Middle East, "Car Bomb Kills Iraqi Police Colonel in Baghdad," LexisNexis Academic, BBC Monitoring Middle East, October 28, 2010.