Incident Date:
September 04, 1997 11:30
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Havana Cuba
Perpetrators: Anti-Castro (general)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Rightist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Hotel/Resort)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 2 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/04/1997: Bombs went off within 20 minutes of each other in the lobbies of three ocean hotels in Havana. The bombs detonated at the Copacabana, Chateau, and Triton Hotels in the Playa district of Havana. Fabio di Celmo, an Italian-Canadian, was hit in the throat by rubble at the Copacabana. Celmo died on the spot. No other casualties were reported in the morning bombings. Havana said the bombings were ""carried out from Miami...by a subversive structure under the direction of the Cuban American National Foundation."" The exile group denied the claim."
References: 1) RAND
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. and Susan L. Simmons. (2002). Terrorism, 1996-2001: A Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 97-98."
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