Incident Date:
July 22, 1997
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Tel Aviv Israel
Perpetrators: Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Knife or Other Sharp Object)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Tourists(Tourists)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 11 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/22/1997: A 32 year-old Hamas supporter from Nazareth drove his car into a group of 20 British tourists in Jaffa, Tel Aviv. Nine people suffered minor injuries. He then stabbed a Toronto woman and her daughter, who were sitting at a sidewalk restaurant. He was overpowered by police officer Daniel Konson who said, ""The driver got out holding a sword and a commando knife and went toward the civilians and tried to stab a number and succeeded."" Konson tied up the terrorist and took him to a police station. The terrorist said he could not remember anything."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. and Susan L. Simmons. (2002). Terrorism, 1996-2001: A Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 92-93."
2) RAND
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