Incident Summary:

07/12/2013: Assailants opened fire on Mohammad Arif near Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Arif, a former assistant director of the Investigative Bureau (IB), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201307120026

When:
2013-07-12

Country:
Pakistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

City:
Peshawar

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Intelligence Bureau (IB)
Specific Description Former Assistant Director: Mohammad Arif
Nationality of Target Pakistan
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 1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
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
"SI shot dead in Peshawar," The News International, July 17, 2013.
"Another ex-IB officer killed," The Nation (AsiaNet), July 13, 2013.
"'Second killing': Former IB official shot dead," The Express Tribune, July 12, 2013.