Incident Summary:

06/30/2020: Assailants attacked workers at a gold processing plant in Ntambalale, Shinyanga, Tanzania. At least four plant workers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202006300009

When:
2020-06-30

Country:
Tanzania

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Shinyanga

City:
Ntambalale

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Gold Processing Plant
Nationality of Target Tanzania
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Melee Knife or Other Sharp Object
Weapon Details
Machetes were 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
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 4 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 4
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
"At least 4 gold processing plant employees killed in NW Tanzania," Xinhua News Agency, June 30, 2020.
"Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, June 30," Xinhua General News Service, June 30, 2020.