Incident Summary:

06/07/2008: On Saturday morning, 12 Liberian field workers were shot dead and mutilated by unknown gunmen near the Farmington river on a farm belonging to Charles Bennie located 35 miles south of the capital city of Monrovia, Montserrado province, southern Liberia. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident. It was believed that the attack was carried out because of an on-going land dispute.

GTD ID:
200806110011

When:
2008-06-11

Country:
Liberia

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Montserrado

City:
Monrovia

Location Details:
The attack took place near the Farmington river on a farm belonging to Charles Bennie located 35 miles south of the capital city of Monrovia, Montserrado province, southern Liberia.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity
Specific Description Twelve Field workers
Nationality of Target Liberia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
Melee Knife or Other Sharp Object
Weapon Details
Unknown firearms were used in the firearm attack and unknown sharp weapons were used in the melee attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) No
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) Yes
Alternate Designation (more) Other Crime Type
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 12 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 12
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
BBC Monitoring Africa, "Liberians Killed in Farm Massacre," BBC Monitoring Africa, June 11, 2008.
Jonathan Paye-Layleh, " Lexis Nexis, Associated Press Worldstream, June 11, 2008.