Incident Summary:

06/04/2007: Four Iraqi police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of Ansar al-Sunna perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol sometime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Mehdiya neighborhood in the predominantly-Sunni Doura District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. An early McClatchy Newspapers report stated the casualties were caused by small arms fire. Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the attack in a post to a jihadist website on June 12.

GTD ID:
200706040025

When:
2007-06-04

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Baghdad

City:
Baghdad

Location Details:
Doura (District).

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Iraqi Police Service (IPS)
Specific Description Unknown
Nationality of Target Iraq
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
Weapon Details
An improvised explosive device (IED).
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
Additional Information An early McClatchy Newspapers report stated the casualties were caused by small arms fire. Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the attack in a post to a jihadist website on June 12.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Ansar al-Islam Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Posted to website, blog, etc.)
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators Unknown
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 4 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
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
Hussein Kadhim, “Roundup of daily violence – 4 June 2007,” McClatchy Newspapers, June 4, 2007.
“Factbox – security developments in Iraq, June 5,” Reuters, June 5, 2007.
“Ansar al-Sunnah claims 19 attacks in various Iraqi areas, posts video of ‘booty’,” Jihadist Websites – OSC Summary, June 12, 2007.