Incident Date:
October 25, 2008
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Nigeria
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business(Gas/oil)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims:
Perpetrators:
Description: "10/25/2008: Pirates in Nigeria’s Niger Delta seized two oil vessels and their seventeen workers during an attack. The vessels belong to Canadian Addax Petroleum. Seven of the workers are French nationals and ten are Nigerian nationals. On 10/25/2008, the pirates released the two Canadian oil vessels and their 17 crew members shortly after they were seized in the Niger Delta."
References: 1) Janes DB
2) Reuters: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/10/25/nigeria-delta-idUKLP62886120081025
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