February 2020 Jayunpur Attacks

February 2020 Jayunpur attacks
Date	11:49 (Bhasari Standard Time (BST))
Attack type	Mass shooting, bombing, suicide attack
Weapons	Grenades Explosives Assault Rifles
Deaths	915 [official] 1,100+ [reported]
Non-fatal injuries	1,600 [official] 2,200+ [reported]
Perpetrators	Unknown

The February 2020 Jayunpur Attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks on 29 February, 2020, in and around the Bhasari capital of Jayunpur. The attacks occured in the city's Third, Fifth, and Eighth Arrondissements, as well as aboard the coastal ferry Azade roughly half a kilometer offshore at the time of the attack, and consisted of bombings and mass shootings. Estimates of the death toll vary due to Bhasar's restriction of the press, but government estimates place the death toll at 900, and over 1,600 injured, most of whom are currently under treatment. Foreign media estimates, such as that provided by Vierz news agency Der Globus, place the numbers of deaths and injures at 1,100 and 2,200, respectively.

Individual attacks

Bombing of the Azade

At 2:20, an unidentified terrorist detonated multiple bombs in the lower decks of the coastal ferry Azade. The Azade was confirmed by the Jayunpur municipial government to have had 658 aboard, 14 of whom were part of the ship's crew. The ship capsized from the explosions and had fully submerged within 20 minutes. Roughly 50 people were rescued by the Bhasari Navy, of whom thirty died of injuries later. The bombing of the Azade has been the single deadliest of the attacks.

Mass shooting at the 3th Arrondissement

At 2:23, a trio of unidentified gunmen entered the Jayunpur Metro at the Raas Layam station armed with a compact assault rifle and grenades, throwing grenades into a crowd near the security terminal and shooting Gendarmes. According to Tieradan media, the station was slow to respond to the gunfire, and as a result, at least one train arrived at the station and began offloading passengers before further inbound trains were rerouted, at which point the Metro was shut down. Tieradan media estimates place the death toll of the massacre at 138, with 280 wounded.

The terrorist was killed at 2:36 by Bhasari troops mobilized in response to the attacks.

Bombings in the 5th Arrondissement

At 2:32, a pair of car bombs were detonated in the garage of the Bhasari Ministry of the Economy and at an auxiliary office of the Bhasari Politburo in the 5th Arrondissement. Seventeen were killed in the incident and another thirty injured, according to Luepolan media. Various sources posited that more prominent locations were targeted, such as the Palace of the People, but were foiled by law enforcement. Such reports are currently unconfirmed.

Hospital Attack in the 8th Arrondissement

At 2:45, seven armed gunmen disguised as medical staff entered the Dinesh Chaddha National Clinic, a hospital in the 8th Arrondissement, and began indiscriminately killing hospital staff and patients while also taking hostages and arming explosives within the building. Gendarmes were dispatched to the hospital within fifteen minutes and attempted to negotiate with the hostage takers, but upon hearing news of police intervention, the terrorists detonated the explosives, severely damaging the hospital and killing all the gunmen and other remaining hotel staff, leaving no survivors. A total of 160 were reported dead in the attack by Vonzumieran media, with another 37 injured survivors escaping the building prior to its total lockdown.

Government response

The Jayunpur Gendarmerie and Bhasari Ministry of Defense were quick to respond to the terror attack, rapidly deploying law enforcement and military to the scenes of the attacks. At 2:33, a mandatory curfew was placed across the Jayunpur municipality and media blackout instated, lasting until the evening of 1 March.

President Nakshatra Pandya delivered a televised address to the nation on the morning of 2 March, in which he announced that no nation-state was considered to be responsible for the attack, and that a 'Radical, anti-Socialist, anti-Bhasari, fundamentalist terror organization' was responsible for the terror attacks, and warned of 'grave repercussions' for those responsible.

International response

Despite Bhasar's relatively isolated status on the world stage, governments around the world were quick to offer condolences for the attacks.

• Apelia: Apelian President Jacques Monteil led a memorial service hosted by the Bhasari Society of Saint-Beaune to commemorate the victims of the attack, and pledged to assist Bhasar in identifying the perpetrator of the attacks.
• Borland: Borish president Sebastiaan Katenhorst and prime minister Gustaaf Brants issued a joint statement, strongly condemning the attack and demanding that its perpetrators be found and brought to justice in international court. All regular public broadcasting was replaced by news coverage of the attacks for 24 hours.
• Hevatia: Hevatian president Magnus Broekhaar expressed "deep outrage" over the attacks, and pledged to support Bhasar in its efforts to "bring swift and overwhelming justice" to the perpetrators of the attack. A national day of mourning has been declared for 3 March.
• Luepola: Public broadcasting on most major networks ceased for the day after informing the public of the attacks. The Ministry of Defense placed Luepola's armed forces on "Heightened Readiness" and authorized the mobilization of a counterterrorism force. Luepolan president Savo Grigorević expressed condolences for Bhasar in a press release on 1 March. The Sliet meeting on 2 March honored a five-minute silence at the beginning of their session. Luepolans in Prishek laid flowers, wreaths and candles in front of the Bhasari embassy.
• Rotania: In a televised address on 2 March, president Diego Blanco issued a broad condemnation of terrorism and sorrow for those affected, declaring that the attacks were "big, for [Bhasar]" and that whoever was responsible had "started the fire." He ordered a mandatory curfew in the country's terrorism-prone northern regions, and the cancellation of all flights to Jayunpur for one month, saying that those who travel to the city then "would not fly so good."
• Savland: Savic foreign minister Jan Rindahl condemned the attacks and declared that it would assist Bhasar in determining who was responsible.
• Vierzland: All federal-level government activities for the day were cancelled. Chancellor Kaspar Vahl convened an emergency National Security Council meeting. Afterwards, he made a statement in which he expressed condolences for the victims of the attack and offered Vierzland's support to the Bhasari government. The Ministry of Internal Affairs raised the country's terror threat level to "imminent," the highest level, for the first time since 2013, and the armed forces were put on "immediate alert."
• Zaihan: The armed forces were mobilized along the Bhasari border. In a statement, foreign minister Zhao Meng condemned the "brutal and inhumane tragedy" of the attacks and declared, "historical and current political problems are irrelevant in combating terrorism; this is a common fight for our two countries."