Incident Summary:

05/31/2008: On Saturday, gunmen killed an off-duty police officer near his home in the Dair neighbourhood in north Basra, Iraq. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.

GTD ID:
200805310004

When:
2008-05-31

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Basra

City:
Basra

Location Details:
The attack happened in Dair neighbourhood in north Basra.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Iraqi Police Service (IPS)
Specific Description An off-duty police officer
Nationality of Target Iraq
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
Weapon Details
The specific type of firearm used in the attack is unknown.
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
Khalid al-Ansary and Michael Georgy, "Factbox - Security Developments in Iraq, May 31," Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL31263486.