Incident Date:
November 28, 1970 08:10
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario 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: "11/28/1970: The U.S. Consulate General in Toronto was firebombed at 8:10 a.m. Due to the fact that Molotov cocktails were thrown simultaneously through windows on both the north and south sides of the first floor, at least two people were evidently involved. Damage was light (between $400 and $1,000), much of it from smoke and the foam of fire extinguishers. Ten minutes after the attack, another was made on the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) centre in Toronto, and three notes left in different locations linked the two attacks and a third, apparently non-implemented, one (on a federal government office). The notes differed, but all shared an anti-capitalist, anti-US rhetoric; one of them suggested the bombings were timed to coincide with the expected visit to Toronto of Prime Minister Trudeau, Premier Bourassa, and Mayor Drapeau for the Grey Cup game."
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. 179."
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. 73"
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