Incident Summary:

09/01/2016: Assailants abducted a Levies Forces official at his residence in Qandhrai, Safi subdistrict, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

GTD ID:
201609010050

When:
2016-09-01

Country:
Pakistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

City:
Qandhrai

Location Details:
The incident occurred near Safi in Mohmand district.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Levies Forces
Specific Description Official: Asim Khan
Nationality of Target Pakistan
Additional Information
Hostages Yes
Number of Hostages 1
US Hostages 0
Outcome Unknown
Ransom No
Property Damage No
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
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties Unknown
Total Number of Fatalities Unknown
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured Unknown
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Khasadar killed in blast; Levies official kidnapped," Dawn (Pakistan), September 3, 2016.
"Levies man kidnapped in Mohmand," The Nation (AsiaNet), September 3, 2016.
"VOLKSWAGEN : Khassadar Official Killed In Mohmand Blast," 4 Traders, September 2, 2016.