Incident Date:
November 11, 2008
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Bannu Pakistan
Perpetrators: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Journalists & Media(Newspaper Journalists/Staff/Facilities)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/11/2008: Assailants kidnapped one Canadian journalist, one Pakistani translator, and two Pakistani citizens in the Jani Khel area, in Bannu, North-West Frontier, Pakistan. On 07/04/2009, the translator was released. On 11/04/2010, an Indian Newspaper reported the death of the Canadian journalist. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility."
References: 1) WITS
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