Incident Date:
June 16, 2005 09:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Cambodia
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Educational Institution(Teachers/Professors/Instructors)
2- Private Citizens & Property(Students)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 4 involved, 2 fatalities, 3 injuries
Description: "06/16/2005: Four masked gunmen in Cambodia grabbed three teachers and dozens of children from 15 countries (including Cambodia, Italy, Indonesia, South Korea, the U.S., Japan, Ireland, Singapore, the U.K., Australia, Canada, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Switzerland). They took 70 hostages, releasing 30 of them. They killed a Canadian toddler, 3, with a shot to the head; they said he was crying too much. The gunmen said they were penniless and had decided to attack the children of rich foreigners. They had demanded money, six AK-47s, six shotguns, grenade launchers, hand grenades, and a car. Police rescued the survivors."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2008) Terrorism, 2005-2007: A Chronology. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Security International. p. 29."
2) Janes DB
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