Incident Date:
September 04, 1967
Incident Successful: No
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: "09/04/1967: A U.S. made four-pound rocket, capable of boring a hole through a brick wall, yet with no explosive on it, the two and a half foot rocket was discovered in a brown leather suitcase was found in a lane adjoining the Cuban Embassy in Ottawa - it was aimed at the Embassy. Dismantled by army experts. Timing apparatus failed. Cuban Nationalist Association claimed responsibility."
References: 1) "Kellett, A., Beanlands, B., Deacon, J., Jeffrey, H., & Lapalme, C. (1991). Terrorism in Canada 1960-1989, User Report no. 1990-16. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, National Security Coordination Centre, Police and Security Branch. p. 173."
2) "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. 38"
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