Incident Date:
February 05, 2001
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Vehicle)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Unknown
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator: Yes
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities
Perpetrators: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/05/2001: Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister Prince Nayef said that Islamic Sharia law will be applied to three Westerners, including a U.K. citizen, a Canadian and a Belgian, who admitted to setting off two car bombings in the capital Riyadh. That attack killed one person and wounded several others, the al-Riyadh newspaper reported on 02/05/2001. Prior to the announcement, Saudi television aired a confession by the three men showing each of them saying they planted explosives in the cars and detonated them by remote control on orders from unnamed persons. Representatives of the Canadian Embassy were not available, while Belgian diplomats declined to comment. Prince Naif said that the case of the British along with a Belgian and Canadian were ""before the judiciary"" in the capital Riyadh. If convicted, the men face possible beheading."
References: 1) Janes DB
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