Incident Date:
June 04, 2006
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Nigeria
Perpetrators: Niger Delta Groups
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Gas/oil)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities
Perpetrators: 99 involved
Description: "06/04/2006: Eight foreign oil workers taken hostage in Nigeria last week were freed. The six Britons, one Canadian and one American were all on their way home. Police said the men were freed following negotiations between the hostage-takers and authorities in Bayelsa state. It is not clear who was behind the kidnapping, but the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta denied involvement."
References: 1) Janes DB
2) Irin News: http://www.irinnews.org/report/59207/nigeria-gunmen-seize-eight-oil-workers-in-latest-violence-in-impoverished-delta
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