Incident Summary:
06/03/2011: On Friday afternoon at 1530, in the sub-village of Libi, Bulanting Village, Lamitan, Basilan, Philippines, four unidentified gunmen abducted an engineer of Mace Construction, Virgilio Fernandez. A witness identified the leader of the group that kidnapped Fernandez as Mosama Jamiri who has been linked to Abu Sayyaf. Reportedly, the assailants shot at the tires of the dump truck Fernandez was riding on, forced him down and took him away on a motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. On 06/23/2011, troops arrested Musana Jamiri and identified him as an Abu Sayyaf member. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostage is unknown.
Overview
GTD ID:
201106030015
When:
2011-06-03
Country:
Philippines
Region:
Southeast Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Basilan
City:
Lamitan
Location Details:
In the sub-village of Libi, Bulanting Village, Lamitan.
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Armed Assault |
Type of Attack () |
Hostage Taking (Kidnapping) |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property |
Name of Entity |
Mace Construction |
Specific Description |
Virgilio Fernandez, an engineer of Mace Construction, was targeted in the attack. |
Nationality of Target |
Philippines |
Additional Information
Hostages |
Yes |
Number of Hostages |
1 |
US Hostages |
0 |
Days of Kidnapping |
16 |
Outcome |
Hostage(s) escaped (not during rescue attempt) |
Property Damage |
Yes |
Extent of Property Damage |
Minor (likely < $1 million) |
Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
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 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Additional Information |
The hostage escaped on June 19, 2011. On June 23, 2011, troops arrested Musana Jamiri and identified him as an Abu Sayyaf member. |
Who
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
4 |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
1 |
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
Philippine Daily Inquirer, “Abu Sayyaf Bandits Seize Engineer in Basilan,” World News Connection, Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 13, 2011. |
Philippines News Agency, “Troops Arrest One of Engineer's Kidnappers in Basilan,” World News Connection, Philippines News Agency, July 5, 2011. |
Daily Tribune, “Troops Rescue Abducted Engineer in Basilan,” World News Connection, Daily Tribune, June 29, 2011. |
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