Deaths 9 (+4 attackers) Perpetrators Taliban Location Kabul, Afghanistan Attack type Suicide attack | Non-fatal injuries 2 Start date March 20, 2014 Perpetrator Taliban Location Kabul | |
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Target Foreign election observers and journalists Similar 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel atta, 2008 Kandahar bombing, 2007 Baghlan sugar fact, 2008 bombing of Indian em, Kandahar massacre | ||
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The 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack was a mass shooting at the restaurant of the Kabul Serena Hotel, in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 20, 2014 for which the Taliban claimed responsibility. Four teenage gunmen entered the restaurant of the hotel, opening fire with handguns against patrons and sparking a three-hour standoff with Afghan security forces. At least nine people were reported killed in the assault, including five Afghans and four foreigners. Among the victims was former Paraguyan diplomat Luis Maria Duarte, who was in the country as an international observer in the upcoming Presidential elections. Afghan authorities later announced that four women and two children were among the victims, which included nationals of New Zealand, Pakistan, India and Canada. At least two of the hotel's security guards were injured during the assault as well.
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In 2008 there was a bomb and firearms attack in the hotel's gym. In that attack on January 14, 2008 six people were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
The attack
The four underage teenager attackers killed nine hotel guests. After a gunfight with the police, four of the attackers died in the shootout.
Victims
Those killed were: two women from Canada, two Bangladeshis, a man and a woman with dual USA/Bangladesh citizenship, a woman from New Zealand,four Afghans (include a family of three), and one Paraguayan.
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Perpetrators
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.