Incident Date:
February 02, 1997
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Kampanga Rwanda
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Religious Figures/Institutions(Religious Figures)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 3 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/02/1997: An unidentified gunman killed a Canadian priest while he was giving a communion in a church in Ruhengeri, Rwanda. The priest had helped Tutsis escape during the massacres in 1994."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) RAND
3) "Mickolus, Edward F. and Susan L. Simmons. (2002). Terrorism, 1996-2001: A Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 77."
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