Incident Date:
September 22, 1966
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Cuban Nationalist Movement (anti-Castro)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Projectile (rockets, mortars, RPGs))
Organization Type: Rightist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 09/22/1966: The Cuban Embassy in Ottawa was bombed by a bazooka bomb. One of the bombs exploded and the other did not. It incurred considerable damage. Neighborhood was spewed with shrapnel and broken glass. Broke windows and tore chunks from the wall of the building. No injuries. Cuban Nationalist Movement claimed responsibility.
References: 1) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 35"
2) RWVIC p. 20
3) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 71."
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