Incident Date:
February 21, 1982
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: San Jose Costa Rica
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Grenade (not RPG))
Organization Type: Leftist,
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: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/21/1982: Terrorists used a hand grenade to blow open the front door of the San Jose apartment of an anti-Sandinista Nicaraguan. The explosion injured a female Canadian neighbor. The intended victim was not at home, but the group shot two other people, including the intended victim's son."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F., Todd Sandler, and Jean M. Murdock. (1989) International Terrorism in the 1980s: A Chronology of Events, Volume I 1980-1983. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press. p. 255."
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