Incident Date:
November 30, 1978
November 30, 1978 - 1979
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: San Salvador El Salvador
Perpetrators: Armed Forces of National Resistance (FARN)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Bank/Commerce)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/30/1978: Ian Masie, 46, and Michael Chatterton, 45, Manager and Assistant Manager of the Bank of London and Montreal, were kidnapped by the armed wing of the National Resistance part (FARN) as they were leaving their San Salvador offices. On December 10, the group demanded the release of the country's political prisoners. On December 26, the group set a December 30 deadline for beginning negotiations, threatening to kill the hostages. The group also demanded money and the publication of their manifesto in Salvadoran and foreign newspapers. San Salvador's archbishop formed a mediation commission with a diplomat and another individual, along with the Red Cross. On 03/14/1979 an anonymous caller said the hostages had been executed on January 29 and were buried near the body of Matsumoto, a Japanese business executive who had been kidnapped. On March 23, FARN denied this and proposed direct negotiations with the company. On March 31, FARN said the firm had abandoned its employees. ""The case of Massie and Chatterton is closed."" The two were released in mid-1979."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 816."
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