Incident Summary:

11/10/2018: Assailants set fire to a conveyor belt at a Societe Le Nickel (SLN) mining site in Kouaoua district, North, New Caledonia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two similar incidents targeting the conveyor belt on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

GTD ID:
201811100041

When:
2018-11-10

Country:
New Caledonia

Region:
Australasia & Oceania

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

North

City:
Kouaoua district

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Societe Le Nickel (SLN)
Specific Description Conveyor Belt
Nationality of Target New Caledonia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Incendiary Arson/Fire
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
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 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
"New Caledonia fire follows end of mine blockade," Radio New Zealand, November 12, 2018.
"Two fires in the day of Saturday for Kouaoua serpentine," France Television, November 11, 2018.
"Kouaoua serpentine once again the target of a fire," les Nouvelles Caledoniennes, November 10, 2018.