Incident Summary:
04/13/2006: Suspects of the PBCP threw four home-made bombs at a shop in Paka village at Jiban Nagar in Chudanga (District), Belarus killing two and injuring three. About five minutes later, they shot an elderly woman a few meters (yards) away, killing her instantly. The attacks were in response to the capture of the group's leader.
Overview
GTD ID:
200604130018
When:
2006-04-13
Country:
Bangladesh
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Khulna
City:
Chuadanja district
What
Attack Information
| Type of Attack () |
Bombing/Explosion |
| Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
| Target Type: Government (General) |
|---|
| Name of Entity |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) |
| Specific Description |
Nasima Begum, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) |
| Nationality of Target |
Bangladesh |
Additional Information
| Hostages |
No |
| Ransom |
No |
| Property Damage |
Yes |
| Extent of Property Damage |
Unknown |
| Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
Weapon Information
| Type |
Sub-type |
| Explosives |
Other Explosive Type |
| Weapon Details |
|---|
| The bombs were five home-made bombs. |
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 |
Police detained 13 people for questioning in the attack. --The shooting was apparently in retaliation for the arrest last month of PBCP's regional leader, Nurul Alam Mizan, who was later killed in shootout with police. --Of the injured, Lal Chand died on way to Sadar hospital. The other injured, Sanwar Hossain, 45, Afzal, 40, Lutfar, 50, and Mahidul, 40, were admitted to the hospital in critical condition. Fatema Begum fell victim of the grisly bomb attack while she was passing by the shop near her house. --The PBCP rebels were led by Badal Roy who claimed to be targeting BNP leader, Nasima Begum. A PBCP cadre told police by phone "We launched the attack on them as they were engaged in extortion in the area giving their identity as police informers to local people." |
Who
Perpetrator Group Information
| Group Name |
Claimed Responsibility |
| Purbo Banglar Communist Party (suspected) |
Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Call (post-incident)) |
Perpetrator Statistics
| Number of Perpetrators |
10 |
| Number of Captured Perpetrators |
13 |
Casualty Information
| Total Number of Casualties |
2 Fatalities / 4 Injured |
| Total Number of Fatalities |
2 |
| Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
| Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
| Total Number of Injured |
4 |
| Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
| Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
| Alam, Julhas, “Suspected Maoist rebels kill two villagers, injure 5 in eastern Bangladesh, police say,” Associated Press Worldstream, April 14, 2006. |
| “Two killed in bomb attack in Chuadanga,” United News of Bangladesh, April 14, 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
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