Incident Date:
September 09, 1979
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Afghanistan
Perpetrators: Muslim Guerillas
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Tourists(Tour Bus/Van/Vehicle)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 2 fatalities, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/09/1979: Gaeton Dion of Disraeli, Quebec, was shot and killed when suspected Muslim guerillas attacked a tourist bus en route from Herat to Kandahar. The bus was travelling between Europe and India. Later reports indicated that Kurt Marfurt, 26, of Zurich, Switzerland, was killed as he crouched for cover on the bus floor. Russ Anthony Shanks of Sydney, Australia, suffered multiple bullet wounds in his stomach and legs. The 40 European, U.S., and Canadian survivors of the attack said that the bus was chartered by the U.K. firm Masic Bus Company, and was scheduled to drive from Istanbul to New Delhi through Pakistan. However, despite passengers' protests, the Turkish driver decided to save gas by going through Afghanistan. Shortly after dawn, the bus took on four Afghan soldiers to serve as guards and joined a convoy of other buses and trucks. The Turkish driver became impatient 45 minutes out of Herat and drove ahead of the convoy. A shot was fired from the right of the bus, causing the driver to stop. The attackers opened up from the left side of the vehicle. The Afghan soldiers returned the fire. After the attack, the driver disappeared, and a Swiss tourist drove the bus back to Herat."
References: 1) RAND
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 873."
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