Incident Summary:

04/10/2013: Assailants opened fire on police officers accompanying the Somaliland Minister for Livestock in Burco, Togdheer, Somalia. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201304100010

When:
2013-04-10

Country:
Somalia

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Togdheer

City:
Burco

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unknown
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Government of Somalia
Specific Description Somaliland Minister for Livestock
Nationality of Target Somalia
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Somaliland Police
Specific Description Officers
Nationality of Target Somalia
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
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 2 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 2
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
"Program Summary: Radio Kulmiye in Somali 1700 GMT 10 Apr 13," Radio Kulmiye, April 10, 2013.