Incident Date:
October 12, 2008 14:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Qarghah Afghanistan
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Knife or Other Sharp Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Journalists & Media(Newspaper Journalists/Staff/Facilities)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "10/12/2008: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) journalist Mellissa Fung, 35, was kidnapped while reporting as a freelancer. She was traveling with her translator and driver after interviewing refugees in a camp near Kabul. She was freed in good health in Kabul on 11/08/2008 at 7:30 p.m. Tribal elders and provincial council members interceded for her release. No ransom was paid."
References: 1) WITS
2) ITERATE
3) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 42"
4) Janes DB
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