Incident Date:
November 07, 2010
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Nigeria
Perpetrators: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Utilities(Oil derricks (land or sea))
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/07/2010: Armed assailants attacked an oil rig and a supply ship run by British-owned Afren and local AMNI International in the early morning, in Okoro field off the coast of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. The attackers fired upon and wounded two oil workers and kidnapped seven others (two American; two French; one Canadian; two Indonesian). On or around 11/19/2010, all of the hostages were rescued. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility."
References: 1) WITS
2) Janes DB
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