Incident Summary:

02/20/2018: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Nengmandalgre, Meghalaya, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Garo National Liberation Army.

GTD ID:
201802200030

When:
2018-02-20

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Meghalaya

City:
Nengmandalgre

Location Details:
The incident occurred in the East Garo Hills district.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Unknown
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Unknown
Nationality of Target India
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
Weapon Details
A five-kilogram explosive device was 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
Garo National Liberation Army 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
"Security forces recover, diffuse IED in poll-bound Meghalaya," Business Standard India, February 20, 2018.
"Another IED recovered in poll-bound Meghalaya," UNI (United News of India), February 20, 2018.
"IED recovered in EGH," Meghalaya Times (India), February 20, 2018.