Incident Date:
October 01, 1969
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "10/01/1969: Two women protesting the Amchitka nuclear test threw a firebomb at the door of the U.S.Consulate-General in Vancouver. The bomb, a plastic bleach bottle filled with gasoline, exploded in a hallway outside the Consulate. The resulting blaze melted several floor tiles and blistered wall decorations and a door, but caused no damage to the Consulate itself."
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. 178."
2) RAND
3) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 140."
4) "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. 55"
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