Incident Date:
March 02, 1999
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Uganda
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Ethnic,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Tourists(Tourists)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 5 fatalities
Perpetrators:
Description: "03/02/1999: A rescue bid by Ugandan soldiers to free Western tourists taken hostage by Rwandan Hutu rebels ended in gunfire. At least five tourists, four of them women, were killed. Six tourists were rescued, including one U.S. citizen, two U.K. nationals, one Canadian, one Swiss and one New Zealander. The Ugandan government did not provide the nationalities of those killed. There were conflicting reports on the number of hostages still being held by the rebels. The tourists were tracking mountain gorillas in a rainforest in southwestern Uganda bordering Rwanda when they were abducted on 28 February."
References: 1) Janes DB
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