Incident Summary:

08/03/2001: A bomb was found and defused in the Caracas home of former Venezuelan president Carlos Andres Perez.

GTD ID:
200108030004

When:
2001-08-03

Country:
Venezuela

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Caracas (Capital District)

City:
Caracas

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more)	No

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity	Government Official
Specific Description	Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez
Nationality of Target	Venezuela

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Unknown Explosive Type

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	0
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources
Alexandra Olson, "œBomb Threats Alarm Venezuelans," Associated Press Online, August 4, 2001.
Vincent K. Willis, "œAP Top News at 5 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001," Associated Press Online, August 4, 2001.