Incident Summary:

10/02/2012: An assailant stabbed Afrasheem Ali outside his residence in Male city, Male, Maldives. Dr. Ali, a Member of Parliament from the Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM), was killed in the assault. A member of a local Muslim extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

GTD ID:
201210010036

When:
2012-10-02

Country:
Maldives

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Male

City:
Male

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity People's Majlis
Specific Description Member: Dr. Afrasheem Ali
Nationality of Target Maldives
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Melee Knife or Other Sharp Object
Weapon Details
A cleaver and a knife 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
Muslim extremists Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Personal claim)
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
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
"Summary of report on Maldives journalist's abduction," Maldives Independent, September 10, 2019.
"Missing Maldives journalist 'killed by extremist group'," Maldives Independent, September 2, 2019.