Molotov cocktail attack on Occupation Museum in Riga, Latvia.

Terrorism & Criminal Proxy TacticsTerrorismBomb threats, assassination plots, targeted killings

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Summary

A Molotov cocktail attack was carried out on the Occupation Museum in Riga, Latvia. The attack occurred in the heart of Riga and targeted the Latvian Occupation Museum, with assailants using Molotov cocktails as the means of attack.

Classification

Confidence: High

The incident involves a violent attack using a Molotov cocktail targeted at a symbolic institution, indicating hostile aggressive activity. Given that it is an incendiary attack in a political-social context, it qualifies as a hybrid warfare-related hostile signal.

Source URL

https://youtube.com/watch?v=66zm_WmBeHc

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: extension
Submitted: Feb 13, 2026, 19:25 UTC
Last updated: Nov 4, 2026, 08:35 UTC
Event time: Jun 2, 2022, 00:00 UTC

Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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  "status": "approved",
  "category": "Terrorism & Criminal Proxy Tactics",
  "subcategory": "Terrorism",
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  "country": "Latvia",
  "source_reliability": "C",
  "info_credibility": "3",
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  "location_text": "Riga",
  "location_region": "Riga",
  "location_coordinates_lat": 56.9496,
  "location_coordinates_lon": 24.1052,
  "location_precision": "Approximate",
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  "event_time_utc": "2022-06-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "end_time_utc": null,
  "event_time_confidence": "pm24h",
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  "reliability_band": "strong",
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  "time_precision_band": "within_24h",
  "severity_band": "minor",
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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: MinorAttribution: HighSingle sourceTime: Same dayLocation: Approximate

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Jun 2, 2022, 00:00 UTC

Event time confidence

pm24h

Location

Riga

Region

Riga

Country

Latvia

Countries

Latvia

Tags

Molotov cocktail, Attack, Occupation Museum, Riga, Latvia, Terrorism

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