Incident Summary:

04/04/2019: Assailants opened fire on a State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) bus on polling duty in Turkwangam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201904040019

When:
2019-04-04

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Jammu and Kashmir

City:
Turkwangam

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Transportation
Name of Entity State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC)
Specific Description Bus
Nationality of Target India
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
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 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
"India: Gunmen attack SRTC bus in Shopian," Greater Kashmir Online, April 6, 2019.
"India: Bus driver escapes unhurt in Shopian militant attack," Rising Kashmir Online, April 5, 2019.