Incident Summary:

12/29/2013: Assailants set fire to the Chronicle and Sunday News office in Bulawayo city, Bulawayo province, Zimbabwe. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blaze; however, the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201312290010

When:
2013-12-29

Country:
Zimbabwe

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Bulawayo

City:
Bulawayo

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Journalists & Media
Name of Entity Chronicle and Sunday News
Specific Description Journalists
Nationality of Target Zimbabwe
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
Incendiary Gasoline or Alcohol
Weapon Details
Gasoline and matches 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
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
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
"Arsonists target Chronicle building," Zimbabwe Herald, December 29, 2013.
"Arsonists target Mpofu, Chronicle buildings," New Zimbabwe.com, December 30, 2013.