Incident Summary:

09/06/2017: Assailants ambushed a police patrol at an unknown location in the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers region in Peru. Three officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201709060049

When:
2017-09-06

Country:
Peru

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Unknown

City:
Unknown

Location Details:
The incident occurred in the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro rivers region.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unknown
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Peruvian Police
Specific Description Patrol
Nationality of Target Peru
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
Unknown
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 3 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 3
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
"Three Policemen Killed in Peru in Drug-Trafficking Region: Government," US News & World Report, September 7, 2017.