Incident Summary:

08/12/2020: Assailants opened fire and killed Police Captain Tun Naing Oo while he was at a tea shop in Kyauktaw, Rakhine, Myanmar. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202008120032

When:
2020-08-12

Country:
Myanmar

Region:
Southeast Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Rakhine

City:
Kyauktaw

Location Details:
The incident occurred in Mrauk-U district.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Kyauktaw Myoma Police Force
Specific Description Captain of Police Station: Tun Naing Oo
Nationality of Target Myanmar
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
"Police captain shot dead in Kyauktaw Tws...," Bnionline.net, August 16, 2020.