Incident Summary:
01/08/2013: Approximately 250 police officers fell ill after being poisoned by an unidentified substance at a police compound in Marmul district, Balkh province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that the event is part of a string of poison attacks targeting police officers in Afghanistan.
Overview
GTD ID:
201301080050
When:
2013-01-08
Country:
Afghanistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Balkh
City:
Marmul district
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Unarmed Assault |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Police |
Name of Entity |
Afghan Police |
Specific Description |
Officers |
Nationality of Target |
Afghanistan |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Property Damage |
No |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Chemical |
Poisoning |
Weapon Details |
Poison was used in the attack. |
Additional Information
Suicide Attack? | No |
Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
Criterion 1 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Additional Information |
Casualty numbers for this incident conflict across sources. |
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 / 250 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
0 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
Total Number of Injured |
250 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
"250 Afghan police officers in northern Balkh province," Khaama Press, January 9, 2013." |
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"At least 200 policemen poisoned in Balkh," Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), January 9, 2013." |
"(Corr) About 200 police said poisoned in Afghan north," BBC Monitoring South Asia - Political Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring, January 10, 2013." |