What the records say
- When
- 1990
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 39
- Coordinates
- 10.65° N, 61.52° W
- Incompatibility
- government
- Type of conflict
- intrastate
- Region
- Americas
- Location
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Side a
- Government of Trinidad and Tobago
- Side b
- Jamaat al-Muslimeen
Placed at the middle of its 3 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
1990 attempt by Islamist militants to overthrow the Trinidad and Tobago government
The Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt was an attempt to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago, instigated on Friday, 27 July 1990. Over the course of six days, Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical extremist Islamist group led by Yasin Abu Bakr, held hostages at the Red House and at the headquarters of the state-owned national television broadcaster, Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT).
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