Incident Date:
November 20, 2003
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Colombia
Perpetrators: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Utilities(Oil pipeline)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/20/2003: Suspected members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attacked sections of an oil pipeline belonging to Canadian owned Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. in Colombia’s Putumayo Department. The group detonated dynamite in 30 spots along the pipeline. No one was injured; however, there was damage to the pipeline. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) EIAD
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