Incident Summary:
04/07/2009: On Tuesday, in Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants kidnapped over a dozen leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and some activists of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) for supporting the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in the agency. A senior Taliban commander from Bajaur told The News by telephone that they had 'arrested' several Ulema [Islamic clergy] belonging to the JUI-F, including Maulana Faeq, nephew of former JUI-F MNA [member of National Assembly] from Bajaur Maulana Muhammad Sadiq, Maulana Abdullah, Maulana Gul Badshah and Qari Fazle Rabi with some PPP workers, and put them in their private jails.
Overview
GTD ID:
200904070008
When:
2009-04-07
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
City:
Bajaur district
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Hostage Taking (Kidnapping) |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Violent Political Party |
Name of Entity |
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) |
Specific Description |
Activists |
Nationality of Target |
Pakistan |
Target Type: Violent Political Party |
Name of Entity |
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) |
Specific Description |
Leaders |
Nationality of Target |
Pakistan |
Additional Information
Hostages |
Yes |
Number of Hostages |
12 |
US Hostages |
0 |
Outcome |
Unknown |
Ransom |
No |
Property Damage |
Unknown |
Extent of Property Damage |
Unknown |
Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Unknown |
|
Weapon Details |
It is unknown if weapons were used in the attack. |
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 |
The available sources listed the hostages for this attack from many to 12, no majority figures were reported, the lowest proferred casualty figures were used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. A senior Taleban commander from Bajaur told The News by telephone that they had 'arrested' several Ulema [Islamic clergy] belonging to the JUI-F, including Maulana Faeq, nephew of former JUI-F MNA [member of National Assembly] from Bajaur Maulana Muhammad Sadiq, Maulana Abdullah, Maulana Gul Badshah and Qari Fazle Rabi with some PPP workers, |
Who
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name |
Claimed Responsibility |
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (suspected) |
Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Call (post-incident)) |
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
Unknown |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
0 Fatalities / 0 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
0 |
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
Sources
BBC Monitoring South Asia, “Pakistani Taleban Take Political Activists Hostage in Bajaur Tribal Area,” LexisNexis Academic, BBC Monitoring South Asia, April 08, 2009. |
National Counterterrorism Center, "Many Political Party Members Kidnapped by Suspected Taliban in Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan," Worldwide Incidents Tracking System, December 21, 2009. |
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