Incident Summary:
04/06/2006: Allama Hasan Turabi, a leader of the Shi i Ulema Council and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), escaped unhurt while his two body guards and his son traveling with him to a JI office, Adara-e Noor-e Haq, suffered injuries when a bomb planted on a fruit orange pushcart along Abdul Hasan Ispahani Road was activated by remote control as they were in Turabi's car approaching the Paradise Bakery in the Gulshan-I-Iqbal locality of Karachi, Pakistan.
Overview
GTD ID:
200604060006
When:
2006-04-06
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Sindh
City:
Karachi
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Bombing/Explosion |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property |
Name of Entity |
Shi i Ulema Council and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Shi i sect of Islam in Pakistan |
Specific Description |
Allama Hasan Turabi, Ulema Council/MMA leader |
Nationality of Target |
Pakistan |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Ransom |
No |
Property Damage |
Yes |
Extent of Property Damage |
Minor (likely < $1 million) |
Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Explosives |
Remote Trigger |
Weapon Details |
Town Police Officer of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Asif Ejaz Shaikh, disclosed that the bomb contained half a kilogram of explosives. |
Additional Information
Suicide Attack? | No |
Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
Criterion 1 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Additional Information |
Associated Press Pakistan stated that one of the wounded was a passer-by. Turabi stated he believed a larger disaster was avoided because a motorcycle came between his car and the explosive-laden cart. --Turabi blamed Anti-Shi i outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba, whose ban the authorities had revoked earlier in the week, for involvement, but Qari Shafiqur Rehman, spokesman of the Millat-e-Islamiya Pakistan (MIP), the reincarnated version of the proscribed Sahiba (SSP), denied any role in the incident and condemned it. Police said no one had claimed responsibility for the attack. Lashkar-e Jhangvi was later revealed to be involved. --The following July 14, a suicide bomber did succeed in killing Turabi at a rally to protest the Israel-Lebanon conflict. Police arrested three suspected Pakistani Wahabi militants, incidentally each belonging to each Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Sipah-e-Sahaba. |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
Unknown |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
0 Fatalities / 3 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
0 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
Total Number of Injured |
3 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
“Shi i MPA attacked, Sipah says it is not involved,” Indo-Asian News Service, April 07, 2006. |
“Pakistani Shi i leader escapes assassination,” Agence France Presse – English, April 06, 2006. |
“Prominent Pakistani Shi i leader escapes bomb attack in Karachi,” The Associated Press, April 06, 2006. |
Criteria
Criteria 1
The act must be aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal. In terms of economic goals, the exclusive pursuit of profit does not satisfy this criterion. It must involve the pursuit of more profound, systemic economic change.
Criterion 2
There must be evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) than the immediate victims. It is the act taken as a totality that is considered, irrespective if every individual involved in carrying out the act was aware of this intention. As long as any of the planners or decision-makers behind the attack intended to coerce, intimidate or publicize, the intentionality criterion is met.
Criterion 3
The action must be outside the context of legitimate warfare activities. That is, the act must be outside the parameters permitted by international humanitarian law (particularly the prohibition against deliberately targeting civilians or non-combatants.
Doubt Terrorism Proper
The existence of a "Yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper?" records reservation, in the eyes of GTD analysts, that the incident in question is truly terrorism. Such uncertainty, however, was not deemed to be sufficient to disqualify the incident from inclusion into the GTD. Furthermore, such a determination of doubt is subsequently coded by GTD analysts as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Alternate Designation
The determination of "yes" for "Doubt Terrorism Proper" by GTD analysts is coded as conforming to one of four possible alternative designations: 1) Insurgency/Guerilla Action; 2) Internecine Conflict Action; 3) Mass Murder; or 4) Purely Criminal Act.
Successful Attack
Success of a terrorist strike is defined according to the tangible effects of the attack. For example, in a typical successful bombing, the bomb detonates and destroys property and/or kills individuals, whereas an unsuccessful bombing is one in which the bomb is discovered and defused or detonates early and kills the perpetrators. Success is not judged in terms of the larger goals of the perpetrators. For example, a bomb that exploded in a building would be counted as a success even if it did not, for example, succeed in bringing the building down or inducing government repression.
Type of Attack
This field captures the general method of attack and often reflects the broad class of tactics used. It consists of the following nine categories:
- Assassination
- Armed Assault
- Unarmed Assault
- Bombing/Explosion
- Hijacking
- Hostage taking (Barricade Incident)
- Hostage taking (Kidnapping)
- Facility / Infrastructure Attack
- Unknown
Target Information
This field captures the general type of target. It consists of the following 22 categories:
- Abortion Related
- Airports & Airlines
- Business
- Government (General)
- Government (Diplomatic)
- Educational Institution
- Food or Water Supply
- Journalists & Media
- Maritime (includes Ports and Maritime facilities)
- Military
- NGO
- Other
- Police
- Private Citizens & Property
- Religious Figures/Institutions
- Telecommunication
- Terrorists
- Tourists
- Transportation (other than aviation)
- Unknown
- Utilities
- Violent Political Parties