Incident Date:
September 07, 1979
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Afghanistan
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Unnamed Civilians/Unspecified)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 7 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 09/07/1979: One Canadian and six West Germans were killed by unknown assailants in Afghanistan. Victims were possibly mistaken for Soviet citizens.
References: 1) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 164"
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