What the records say
- When
- 25 Jan 1993
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 2
- Coordinates
- 38.95° N, 77.16° W
- Description
- American shooting
1993 CIA headquarters shooting
Mass shooting in Virginia, US
On January 25, 1993, outside of CIA Headquarters campus in Langley, Virginia, Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot and killed two CIA employees in their cars as they were waiting at a stoplight and wounded three others. In a prison interview, Kansi said the shooting was politically motivated: "I was real angry with the policy of the U.S. government in the Middle East, particularly toward the Palestinian people."
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