Incident Date:
December 24, 2011
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Mukalla Yemen
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
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: 1 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/24/2011: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a vehicle belonging to Calvalley Petroleum Inc., a Canadian oil company, as it traveled to the Mukalla airport, Hadramawt province, Yemen. A British engineer was killed in the attack and a guard and a driver were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
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