Incident Summary:
06/20/2011: On Monday evening around 2100, in Mattani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, an unidentified militant detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at the guest house of a leader of the Adezai Qaumi Lashkar (peace committee member), Ejaz (Ijaz) Bacha Khan, killing three people and wounding five others. Reportedly, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden vehicle, consisting of 40 kilograms of explosives, into the outer wall of the guest house which resulted in the destruction of the guest house as well as some nearby shops and damaged other nearby buildings. The deceased were identified as Khan and two policemen Kiramat Ullah and Iqbal Hussain. Sources said that several police men who were deployed at a nearby check post were among the injured. Some of those injured in the explosion were identified as Abdur Rehman, Aadil Sher, Umer, Gul Dad Raheem, Kamal Nawaz, Naeem Khan and Faheem Khan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Taliban militants regularly target members of the peace committee at Mattani.
Overview
GTD ID:
201106200003
When:
2011-06-20
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
City:
Mattani
Location Details:
In the Mattani district.
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Assassination |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property |
Name of Entity |
Adezai Qaumi Lashkar |
Specific Description |
The guest house of a leader of the Adezai Qaumi Lashkar (peace committee member), Ejaz (Ijaz) Bacha Khan, |
Nationality of Target |
Pakistan |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Ransom |
No |
Property Damage |
Yes |
Extent of Property Damage |
Minor (likely < $1 million) |
Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Explosives |
Vehicle |
Weapon Details |
A suicide vehicle-borne explosive device consisting of 40 kilograms of explosives was used in the attack. |
Additional Information
Suicide Attack? | Yes |
Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
Criterion 1 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Additional Information |
The available sources listed the fatalities for this attack from three to four, and the injuries for this attack from five to seven to 10, and because no majority figures were reported, the casualty figures reported in the source which provided the identities of the deceased and wounded were used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. The available sources listed the status of the peace committee member, Khan, for this attack from seriously injured to killed, so the majority status of Khan reported has been used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. The most recent available sources listed the status of the militant involved for this attack from fleeing the scene to acting as a suicide bomber, so the majority status of the militant reported has been used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
1 |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
4 Fatalities / 6 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
4 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
1 |
Total Number of Injured |
6 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
Right Vision News, "Pakistan: Powerful Blast Rocks Peshawar, Three Die,:" LexisNexis Academic, Right Vision News, June 22, 2011. |
Xinhua News Agency, “Four Killed in Suicide Blast in Peshawar, NW Pakistan,” Xinhua News Agency, June 21, 2011, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-06/21/c_13940271.htm. |
News International, “Pakistan: Voluntary Forces Chief, Two Policemen Killed in Car Bomb Blast in Matani,” World News Connection, News International, June 21, 2011. |
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