Incident Summary:

03/03/2015: Assailants attacked cell phone installations in Maine-Soroa area, Diffa province, Niger. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.

GTD ID:
201503030040

When:
2015-03-03

Country:
Niger

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Diffa

City:
Maine-Soroa

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Telecommunication
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Cell Phone Installations
Nationality of Target Niger
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
Unknown
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
Boko Haram No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
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
"2 killed in Boko Haram attack in Niger," Xinhua General News Service, March 3, 2015.