Incident Summary:

10/20/2012: Assailants attacked a police booth in Kaloleni settlement, Coast province, Kenya. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC).

GTD ID:
201210200030

When:
2012-10-20

Country:
Kenya

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Coast

City:
Kaloleni

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unknown
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Kenya Police Service (KPS)
Specific Description Camp
Nationality of Target Kenya
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Unknown
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
Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) (suspected) No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 1
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 1 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 1
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Kenyan separatist group reportedly attacks police camp," Daily Nation website, Nairobi, October 20, 2012.