Incident Summary:

04/28/2020: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Fabio Marcio, a journalist, in Piritiba, Bahia, Brazil. Marcio was not injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202004280020

When:
2020-04-28

Country:
Brazil

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Bahia

City:
Piritiba

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Journalists & Media
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Vehicle of Radio Journalist: Fabio Marcio
Nationality of Target Brazil
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
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 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
"An NGO called on Brazil's Justice to investigate shooting attack on a radio journalist," CE Noticias Financieras English, May 14, 2020.