Incident Date:
September 02, 1999
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Dili East Timor
Perpetrators: Aitarak (Thorn) militia
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Handgun)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(United Nations Related (Peacekeepers/Aid Agencies/Compounds))
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 6 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/02/1999: Militias fired on people in the provincial capital of Dili, killing three more United Nations workers, threatening journalists, and causing Timorese and foreigners to flee. Two local UN workers were killed in Maliana, west of Dili, and another in Atsabe. Five other local UN workers were missing and feared dead. Some 33 foreign UN workers took shelter at a local police station. Foreign news organizations chartered planes after reporters were threatened and a BBC reporter was beaten and kicked. Six militiamen charged into the Turismo Hotel, where many foreign journalists stay. One of them, waving a pistol, threatened to return and kill the foreign reporters that night. A Canadian woman was shoved and kicked during the incident. Members of the Aitarak (Thorn) militia were also seen at Dili's airport."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. and Susan L. Simmons. (2002). Terrorism, 1996-2001: A Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 205."
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