Incident Summary:

07/27/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of a politician in Freital, Saxony, Germany. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Freital Group.

GTD ID:
201507270035

When:
2015-07-27

Country:
Germany

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Saxony

City:
Freital

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Government of Freital
Specific Description Car of Councillor: Michael Richter
Nationality of Target Germany
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
Explosives Unknown Explosive 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
Freital Group No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators Unknown
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
"Report: Eight arrested over anti-refugee violence in German town," Deutsche Presse-Agentur, November 7, 2016.
"Far-right Freital terrorist group charged," Deutsche Welle, November 15, 2016.
"Germany: Pro-immigration politician's car blown up by 'far-right terrorists'," International Business Times UK, July 27, 2015.