Incident Summary:
06/26/2011: On Sunday, on Multan-Lahore Highway in the Kadafi Chowk area of Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device containing eight to nine kilograms of explosives attached to a motorcycle outside the Qazzafi Police Post, injuring six people, including three police officers identified as Sajjad, Khadim and Irshad and three prisoners identified as Qaisar Abbas, Danish and Imran. The blast caused the destruction of a wall of the police post and the motorcycle and also damage to nearby houses. One person was arrested believed to be involved with the militants who planted the motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Overview
GTD ID:
201106260005
When:
2011-06-26
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Punjab
City:
Multan
Location Details:
Outside the Qazzafi Police Post on Multan-Lahore Highway in the Kadafi Chowk area of Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Bombing/Explosion |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Police |
Name of Entity |
Qazzafi Law Enforcement |
Specific Description |
The Qazzafi Police Post was targeted in the attack. |
Nationality of Target |
Pakistan |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Ransom |
No |
Property Damage |
Yes |
Extent of Property Damage |
Minor (likely < $1 million) |
Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Explosives |
Vehicle |
Weapon Details |
An improvised explosive device containing eight to nine kilograms of explosives attached to a motorcycle was 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 most recent available sources listed the injuries for this attack from four to six, and the injuries of the police officials from three to four, so the majority casualty figures have been used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. The most recent available sources listed the target for this attack from a police station to a police post, so the majority target for this attack reported has been used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database. The injured were identified as three police officers, Sajjad, Khadim and Irshad, and three prisoners, Qaisar Abbas, Danish and Imran. |
Who
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name |
Claimed Responsibility |
Unknown |
No |
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
Unknown |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
1 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
0 Fatalities / 6 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
0 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
Total Number of Injured |
6 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
Right Vision News, "Pakistan: Six Hurt in Multan Police Check Post Blast," LexisNexis Academic, Right Vision News, June 28, 2011. |
BBC Monitoring South Asia, “Three Police Officials among Six Injured in Blast in Pakistan's Punjab – Agency," LexisNexis Academic, Associated Press of Pakistan, June 27, 2011. |
Daily Times, “Three Policemen among Six Injured in Multan Blast,” LexisNexis Academic, Hindustan Times, June 27, 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