Incident Summary:

07/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on Bashir Ahmad Dar in Ashmuji village, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Dar, a former Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201507150009

When:
2015-07-15

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Jammu and Kashmir

City:
Ashmuji

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Jammu and Kashmir Police
Specific Description Former Assistant Superintendent of Police: Bashir Ahmad Dar
Nationality of Target India
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
"7/16/2015: REGION: RETIRED SP SHOT DEAD IN KULGAM," Hindustan Times, July 16, 2015.
"Former J&K ASP shot in Kulgam," New Delhi Pioneer, July 16, 2015.
"India: Suspected Militants Kill Former Police Officer in South Kashmir's Kulgam District," Greater Kashmir Online, July 16, 2015.