Incident Summary:

08/31/2019: An assailant shot and killed Edgar Joel Aguilar, a TV reporter, in Santa Rosa, Copan, Honduras. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201908310024

When:
2019-08-31

Country:
Honduras

Region:
Central America & Caribbean

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Copan

City:
Santa Rosa

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Journalists & Media
Name of Entity Channel 6 Station
Specific Description Reporter: Edgar Joel Aguilar
Nationality of Target Honduras
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun 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
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 1
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
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
"Press groups condemn killing of journalist in Honduras," TheWashingtonTime.com, September 4, 2019.