VMS Confianca Bombing
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| VMS Confianca Bombing | |
|---|---|
 The VMS Confianca underway in 2012 | |
| Type | Suicide attack |
| Location | Davenport, Navocalco, Vitosium |
| Planned by | Al-Fijar |
| Target | VMS Confianca, (Vitosium Navy) |
| Date | 28 September 2020 9:25 am |
| Executed by | Al-Fijar |
| Casualties | 45 (plus one attacker) killed 52 injured |
The VMS Confianca Bombing was a suicide attack by the terrorist group al-Fijar against the VMS Confianca, a Vitosium Navy frigate, while she was being refueled in Coragem Harbour in Davenport, Navocalco, Vitosium on September 28th, 2020. A total of forty Vitosium Navy personnel, five civilians and one of the attackers were killed or later died as a result of the attack, and fifty-two were injured. The lone surviving attacker, Bargin bin Hadaf, was arrested by the BVI an hour after the attack.