Incident Date:
September 24, 1968 03:47
03:47 - 05:04
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Multinational Corporations)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/24/1968: A bomb exploded outside the home of the Vice President for marketing at de Havilland, Paul Davouda Hawker Siddeley subsidiary. This was only one of a series of pre-dawn bombings that shook the homes of 13 executives and former executives of Hawker Siddeley Canada Ltd and De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. The explosions resulted in broken windows and damaged interiors, but no injuries. The bombs went off between 3:47 a.m. and 5:04 a.m. over a wide area, covering North York, Etobicoke, and Toronto; police speculated that four other homes were targeted but had somehow been spared. The bombs were cast-iron pipes about two inches in diameter and eight inches long filled with ammonium nitrate, sealed with screw-on metal caps and aimed at the houses on legs made from wire coat hangers. When the bombs were set up, the bombers unscrewed the top caps, inserted the activating chemical on top of the ammonia saIts, then put back the caps. The gases would then build up, giving the bombers about 15 minutes to escape. Most of the bombs were hidden in shubbery in front of the homes. The following day, the company offices received a note stating that the companies had been found guilty of complicity in the Vietnam War, and threatening further violence. Each of the individuals whose homes were bombed received leaflets accusing them of complicity in American policy in Vietnam, and threatening further violence. The letters were mailed a few hours after the bombings."
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. 373."
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. 41"
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