Incident Date:
December 20, 1984
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Beirut Lebanon
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Journalists & Media
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/24/1980: William Maclean, 29, a Canadian working for Reuters, and Maggie Fox, 25, a freelance reporter were kidnapped."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) "New York Times, 31 Dec 1984"
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