Incident Date:
December 23, 1983
Incident Successful: No
Location: Unknown Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Assassination
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government(Head of State)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 8 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 12/23/1983: Police arrested eight men who had been purchasing arms and ammunition in an alleged plot to arm a 20-man team to assassinate Guyanese President Forbes Burnham in a coup.
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. 474."
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