Incident Summary:

06/02/2011: On Thursday, on the outskirts of Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on and killed a leader of the National Party, Nasim Jangian, while he was dinning at a restaurant with friends. There were no other casualties and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

GTD ID:
201106020013

When:
2011-06-02

Country:
Pakistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Balochistan

City:
Near Turbat

Location Details:
At a restaurant on the outskirts of Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Pakistan National Party
Specific Description National Party leader identified as Nasim Jangian
Nationality of Target Pakistan
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
Weapon Details
Unknown firearms were used in the attack.
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 2
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
South Asia Terrorism Portal, “NP Leader Among Three Persons Killed in Separate Incidents in Balochistan," Dawn, http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news3.asp?date3=2011%2F6%2F3#1 (June 3, 2011).
BBC Monitoring South Asia, “Report Says Leader of National Party Shot Dead in Pakistan's Balochistan," LexisNexis Academic, Dawn, June 3, 2011.
Right Vision News, “Pakistan: NP Leader Shot Dead in Turbat,” LexisNexis Academic, Hindustan Times, June 4, 2011.