Incident Summary:

03/06/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint near Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two police officers and two civilians died in the attack; three additional police officers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201303060002

When:
2013-03-06

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Al Anbar

City:
Near Ramadi

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Iraqi Police Service (IPS)
Specific Description Checkpoint
Nationality of Target Iraq
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun 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
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 4 Fatalities / 3 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 4
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 3
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Xinhua: At Least Three Killed in Attacks in Iraq," Xinhua, March 6, 2013.
"2 attacks on security forces kill 5 people in Iraq," Miami Herald, March 6, 2013.
"Iraq attacks kill five," Al Ahram, March 6, 2013.