Incident Date:
March 19, 2003
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Sanaa Yemen
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business(Gas/oil)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 3 fatalities, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "03/19/2003: An American, a Canadian, and a Yemeni employed by an oil company in Yemen were shot dead, according to officials in Sanaa, Yemen. The attacker wounded another Westerner before turning the gun on himself, an official said. The attack is thought to have occurred in the oil-rich province of Marib, about 170km east of Sanaa. The company for which the four men were working has not been confirmed, nor is the nationality of the wounded man."
References: 1) Janes DB
2) ITERATE
3) GTD 1970-2012 data file
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