Incident Date:
September 13, 1996
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Kurdistan Iraq
Perpetrators: Patriot Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- NonGovernmental Organizations (NGO)/ Humanitarian Aid(International NGO)
2- Diplomatic(United Nations Related (Peacekeepers/Aid Agencies/Compounds))
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims:
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/13/1996: Four aid workers, representing Pharmaciens sans Frontiers (PSF) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, were kidnapped from a Kurdish refugee camp near the Iranian border. The aid workers, including one French, one Canadian, and two Iraqis, were taken to Iran. "
References: 1) RAND
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. and Susan L. Simmons. (2002). Terrorism, 1996-2001: A Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 55."
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