Incident Date:
August 26, 1969
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Vienna Austria
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: Yes
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 2 fatalities, 11 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 08/26/1969: A naturalized Canadian citizen expressed his personal dissatisfaction by hurling a gasoline bomb into the library of the Canadian Embassy in Vienna. Two people were killed and eleven injured. The arsonist was arrested.
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 131."
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