Incident Date:
February 04, 1972
Incident Successful: No
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Konstantinos Issoghos
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Airports & Aircraft(Airport)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/04/1972: Konstantinos Issoghos, 29, phoned the Vancouver office of CP Air and threatened to blow up planes if he was not given $200,000. One bomb was found and dismantled in the airport. Three flights were delayed. The money was not paid, and Issoghos was later arrested. "
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 299."
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