Incident Summary:

09/19/2015: Assailants threw fireworks at an apartment building housing refugees in Freital, Saxony state, Germany. There were no reported casualties, although the building's window was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Freital Group.

GTD ID:
201509200091

When:
2015-09-19

Country:
Germany

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Saxony

City:
Freital

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Apartment of Refugees
Nationality of Target Eritrea
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 Other Explosive Type
Weapon Details
Fireworks were used in the attack.
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.
"German Police Report Anti-Refugee Attacks in Several Places on 19-20 September," Spiegel Online, September 20, 2015.