Incident Date:
August 23, 2008
August 23, 2008 - November 25, 2009
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Mogadishu Somalia
Perpetrators: Mujahideen of Somalia
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Journalists & Media(Newspaper Journalists/Staff/Facilities)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities
Perpetrators:
Description: "08/23/2008: Unidentified militants abducted two journalists who worked for the National Post – one Australian national (Nigel Brennan) and one Canadian (Amanda Lindhout) – along with their Somali driver and two Somali guards, in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Al-Jazeera released a video on 09/17/2008 showing the kidnapped journalists, Reuters reported. The report said the kidnappers called themselves the Mujahideen of Somalia and they are demanding US$2.5 million for their release. The captors released the hostages on 11/25. An alleged kidnapper claimed a US$1 million ransom had been paid but this could not be independently verified."
References: 1) Janes DB
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 36"
3) ITERATE
4) GTD 1970-2012 data file
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