Incident Date:
March 07, 2011
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Vichada Colombia
Perpetrators: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Gas/oil)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims:
Perpetrators:
Description: "03/07/2011: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) kidnapped 23 oil field workers employed by a subcontractor of Canadian oil firm Talisman in Vichada, Colombia. Twenty-one hostages were released within one day, one escaped, and the other was released five months later on 08/01/2011. "
References: 1) Janes DB
2) EIAD
3) REUTERS: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/08/us-colombia-kidnapping-idUSTRE7270B720110308
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