Incident Summary:

09/02/2014: Assailants detonated a land mine and opened fire on the vehicle of Abdifatah Nur Ashkir in Bosaso city, Bari region, Somalia. Ashkir, the director of Puntland State Television, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.

GTD ID:
201409020004

When:
2014-09-02

Country:
Somalia

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Bari

City:
Bosaso

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Journalists & Media
Name of Entity Puntland State Television
Specific Description Director: Abdifatah Nur Ashkir
Nationality of Target Somalia
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 Land Mine
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
Al-Shabaab 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
"Somalia radio boss survives attack in northeastern region," BBC Monitoring Africa - Political Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring, September 4, 2014.
"SOCAFRICA: Al-Shabaab (AS) Incident Tracker: 28 August – 03 September 2014," SOCAFRICA, August 28, 2014.