Incident Summary:

07/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on the local security director of the National Security Directorate (NSD) in Sabratha city, Nuqat Al Khams district, Libya. The director was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201407270008

When:
2014-07-27

Country:
Libya

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Nuqat Al Khams

City:
Sabratha

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity National Security Directorate (NSD)
Specific Description Local Security Director: Hasan Kamuka
Nationality of Target Libya
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
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 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
"Libya: Unrest Update 28 July," OSC Summary, July 27, 2014.
"SOCAFRICA: Libya Incident Tracker:," SOCAFRICA, July 26, 2014.