Incident Summary:

01/01/2020: Assailants shot and killed Aremeyaw Nasigri, the secretary to the Chief of Gbintri, in Gbintri, North East, Ghana. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202001010016

When:
2020-01-01

Country:
Ghana

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

North East

City:
Gbintri

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Government of Ghana
Specific Description Secretary to the Chief of Gbintri: Aremeyaw Nasigri
Nationality of Target Ghana
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 Unknown
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
"Mamprugu Chief's Secretary Shot To Death," Modern Ghana, January 2, 2020.
"Secretary of Gbintri chief murdered," Adom 106.3 FM, January 2, 2020.