Silco incident
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| Silco Incident | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mediterranean Sea |
| Date | August 1, 1985 |
| Target | Silco |
Attack type | Kidnapping |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | Multiple people abducted |
| Perpetrators | Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) and Gaddafi loyalists |
| Motive | Unknown; those kidnapped later traded for release of Said Al Nasr |
The Silco Incident involves the kidnapping of the Belgian-French family Houtekins-Kets by the Libyan government from their yacht Silco in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea on August 1, 1985.
