Incident Date:
March 20, 1968
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Knife or Other Sharp Object)
Organization Type: Supremacist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Race/Ethnicity Identified)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 5 involved, 0 fatalities
Description: "03/20/1968: Two Yugoslavian immigrants who were called ""stinking DP's"" and told to ""go back where you came from,"" were attacked by a group of five youths in Withrow Park in Toronto. One of the victims received a knife wound in the neck and another in the hip. According to the Telegram article two youths were charged with wounding and assault causing bodily harm after a man was stabbed in the back during a fight in Withrow park. Joseph Musa 21, received nine stitches to close a wound in his back said police. Vincent Cassier, 18, and Bruce Wright were charged with possession of an offensive weapon."
References: 1) RWVIC p. 28
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