Incident Summary:

12/11/2020: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire on a police patrol in Timba, Cauca, Colombia. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Jaime Martinez Mobile Column of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents.

GTD ID:
202012110035

When:
2020-12-11

Country:
Colombia

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Cauca

City:
Timba

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity National Police of Colombia
Specific Description Officers: Fredy Ortega Ruiz, Nelson Ernesto Aguirre Zamudio
Nationality of Target Colombia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Grenade
Firearms Automatic Weapon
Weapon Details
A grenade and automatic rifles 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 Group Sub-name Claimed Responsibility
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents Jaime Martinez Mobile Column No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 2 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 2
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 patrol attack leaves two uniforms dead in Timba, Cauca," CE Noticias Financieras English, December 12, 2020.