Incident Date:
April 22, 2006
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Georgetown Guyana
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government(Politicians/Political Parties/Political Movements/Political Party Meetings/Rallies)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 4 fatalities, 3 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "04/22/2006: Armed assailants fired upon and killed the Agriculture Minister, two family members and one security guard in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. The attack also wounded a member of the Minister’s family and two security guards. The Minister and his family members were all Canadian citizens. The victims were fired upon after the assailants had already stolen money and jewellery. No group claimed responsibility."
References: 1) WITS
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