Incident Date:
August 07, 1983
Incident Successful: No
Location: Dublin Ireland
Perpetrators: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Retail/Grocery/Bakery (including cell phone shops and generic shops))
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 7 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/07/1983: An attempted kidnapping of Canadian businessman Galen Weston, 42, President of Supermarket empire, was foiled in Ireland. Five out of seven attackers were captured. The police claimed that the Provisional Irish Republican Army was responsible. "
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. 172"
2) GTD 1970-2012 data file
3) "Tim Pat Coogan, ""The IRA,"" pg 523"
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