Incident Date:
December 23, 1997
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Karachi Pakistan
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- Educational Institution(Teachers/Professors/Instructors)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/23/1997: Gunmen fired at the teachers' residential compound of the Karachi American School, in Pakistan. A Frontier Constabulary guard was wounded in the attack. The compound houses nine American and six Canadian teachers and is a block from the school compound in a neighborhood with seven other Consulate residences."
References: 1) RAND
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. and Susan L. Simmons. (2002). Terrorism, 1996-2001: A Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 111."
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