Incident Date:
April 27, 1968
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Spring Mobilization Committee against the War in Vietnam
Canadians for the National Liberation Front
Event Type: Unarmed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Blunt Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Police(Police Security Forces/Officers)
2- Private Citizens & Property(Unnamed Civilians/Unspecified)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities
Description: "04/27/1968: An Anti-Vietnam war demonstration numbering 3,000 in Toronto organized by a broad coalition of Toronto peace groups (particularly the Spring Mobilization Committee against the War in Vietnam) against the U.S. role in the Vietnam war began at Queen's Park then moved to Nathan Phillips Square then moved on to the U.S. Consulate. There was a confrontation with the 100 pro-war demonstrators of the Edmund Burke Society who met them there. 500 to 1,500 persons marched to the Consulate. A placard swinging scuffle broke out. The police intervened in the melee that broke out. They moved in on horseback and on foot. Nine people were arrested during the incident. Five of the nine arrested were from a group called the Canadians for the National Liberation Front. A police inspector was left bleeding from facial cuts. After separating the groups a peace marcher doused an American flag with lighter fluid and set it on fire. Another melee began and Kevin G. Henly 21, was charged with assaulting Inspector Charles Surphliss and Constable Abraham Van Der Groef."
References: 1) RWVIC p. 30
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