Incident Date:
December 30, 2009
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Kandahar Afghanistan
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Military(Soldiers/Troops/Officers/Forces)
2- Journalists & Media(Newspaper Journalists/Staff/Facilities)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 4 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/30/2009: Four Canadian troops, including Sgt. George Miok, Sgt. Kirk Taylor, and Cpl Zachery McComark, and Michelle Lang, 34, a Canadian health reporter with the Calgary Herald on assignment for Canwest News Service, were killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by a bomb. The group was visiting community reconstruction projects four miles outside Kandahar during the afternoon."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 111"
2) Janes DB
3) ITERATE
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