Incident Date:
August 13, 2008 10:30
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Pul-i-Alam Afghanistan
Perpetrators: Taliban
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Rifle/Shotgun)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- NonGovernmental Organizations (NGO)/ Humanitarian Aid(International NGO)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 4 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/13/2008: Five Taliban gunmen fired assault rifles in ambushing a two-car convoy of female foreign aid workers with the New York-based International Rescue committee in Pul-I-Alam city in Logar Province at 10:30 a.m. The attack killed four individuals (including Jackqueline Kirk, 40, a dual Canadian-British citizen and a Canadian woman initially identified as an Irish aid worker), injuring two Afghan workers, and damaging the two vehicles. The Taliban said the aid workers were spies trying to undermine the country."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 35"
2) WITS
3) ITERATE
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