Incident Date:
November 24, 1985
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Valletta Malta
Perpetrators: Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Airports & Aircraft(Airport)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 59 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators:
Description: 11/24/1985: Two Canadians were among 59 killed in a battle at Valetta Airport between Egyptian security forces and Abu Nidal Palestinian hijackers of an Egypt Air flight.
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. 178"
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