Incident Summary:

07/29/2013: Assailants, including alleged suicide bombers, attacked a prison with automatic weapons and explosives in Dera Ismail Khan town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least four prisoners and two police officers were killed and eight others were wounded; six assailants were also killed by return fire. More than 200 prisoners escaped the prison during the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201307290025

When:
2013-07-29

Country:
Pakistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

City:
Dera Ismail Khan

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Pakistani Police
Specific Description Central Prison
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
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Suicide (carried bodily by human being)
Explosives Projectile (rockets, mortars, RPGs, etc.)
Firearms Automatic Weapon
Weapon Details
Rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), remote-controlled explosive devices, and machine guns were used in the attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?Yes
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information Casualty numbers for this attack conflict across sources. Following GTD protocol, the lowest estimates are reported here.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) No
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Call (post-incident))
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 100
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 12 Fatalities / 8 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 12
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 6
Total Number of Injured 8
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured Unknown
Sources
"Gunmen attack prison in north-west Pakistan," Al Jazeera, July 30, 2013.
"Taliban attack NW Pakistan prison holding militants," Agence France Presse -- English, July 29, 2013.
"Gunmen attack prison in Pakistan," CNN, July 29, 2013.