October 2017 Tofino Attacks

October 2017 Tofino Attacks
A family spends a moment of reflection at a memorial created at the site of one of the attacks on October 20th, 2017
Date October 18th, 2017 Location Tofino, Zamastan Result Heightened security Airstrikes on Malvarian Liberation Front bases in Vulkaria Sanctions on Malvare Widespread police raids Overhaul of the Zamastanian Intelligence Service
Strength
24 terrorists
Casualties and losses
438 deaths 690+ injuries

The October 2017 Tofino Attacks, also commonly referred to as the 2017 Tofino Terror Attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that took place on 18th October 2017 in Tofino, Zamastan and the city's northern suburb, Tirzah. Beginning at 21:16, five suicide bombers struck the Tofino metro subway line. This was followed by several mass shootings and a suicide bombing, at cafés and restaurants. The attackers killed 438 people, including 298 in the subway systems. Another 690+ people were injured, almost 400 seriously. Seven of the attackers also died while the authorities continued to search for accomplices. The attacks were the deadliest in Zamastan since the Alanis Pride Parade Bombing. Zamastan had not been on high alert since the end of the Second War in Vulkaria, during which 2 lone-wolf attacks took place at an office complex and a supermarket in Tofino and Jade Harbor that killed 8 people and wounded 22, including civilians and police officers.

The Malvarian Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying that it was retaliation for the support of the Vulkarian government in continued fights against their insurgency. The President of Zamastan, Zacharias Castovia, said the attacks were an act of war by M.L.F.. The attacks were planned in Vulkaria and organised by a terrorist cell based in Gladysynthia, aided by undercover West Chanchajillan and Malvarean regime operatives. Most of the Tofino attackers had Zamastanian, Vulkarian or Gladysynthian citizenship, two were Cadairian, and some had fought in Vulkaria. Some of them had entered Zamastan among the flow of migrants and refugees.

In response to the attacks, a three-month state of emergency was declared across the country to help fight terrorism, which involved the banning of public demonstrations, and allowing the police to carry out searches without a warrant, put anyone under house arrest without trial and block websites that encouraged acts of terrorism. On 21 October, Zamastan launched the biggest airstrike of Operation Vulkar Rain, its contribution to the anti-M.L.F. bombing campaign, striking M.L.F. targets in Vulkaria. On 22 October, the suspected lead operative of the attacks, Ezra Po'Mannuk, was killed in a police raid in Arinals, along with two others. Malvare, which was found to have supported the terrorist's training while in Gladysynthia, was subject to crippling sanctions by Zamastan and much of the international community.

Reactions and Response

The attacks were condemned across the Coalition of Crown Albatross. Gladysynthia offered a rare statement of support to Zamastan following the attack and promised to further its commitment to fighting the M.L.F. and the G.P.F.F.. Avergnon and Ruskayn offered intelligence support from their respective agencies and the Vulkarian Secretary for Homeland Security pledged to watch suspected terror cells closely for any further activity regarding the attacks. President Callum MacTavish of Ruskayn and President Xi Jingyi of Yuan met with Castovia shortly after the attacks to discuss a closer intelligence sharing apparatus. Beleroskov offered support in terms of military aid to the fight against the M.L.F., though it was declined by coalition forces.