Incident Summary:

05/22/2015: Two police officers opened fire at their colleagues at a police checkpoint in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Four officers were killed in the attack. The assailants reportedly defected to the Taliban after the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201505220019

When:
2015-05-22

Country:
Afghanistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Kunduz

City:
Unknown

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Afghan Police
Specific Description Checkpoint
Nationality of Target Afghanistan
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
Taliban Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Personal claim)
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 2
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 4 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 4
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
"Roundup: Militancy, counter-militancy claim 60 lives in Afghanistan in 2 days," Xinhua General News Service, May 23, 2015.
"Pro-government militia member kills four, defects to Taleban," BBC Monitoring South Asia - Political Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring, May 23, 2015.