Incident Date:
September 20, 1972
Incident Successful: No
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Black September
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Mail Bomb)
Organization Type: Separatist,
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: "09/20/1972: Six letter bombs addressed to Israeli officials in Ottawa were intercepted. Police and armed forces experts were called to the Israeli Embassy at 10:15 a.m. The letter bombs were all dismantled. The envelopes contained a plastic-metal explosive device sandwiched between cardboard backings. All the letters were addressed in handwriting and postmarked in Amsterdam. Black September had been sending letter bombs to Israeli targets worldwide, and these may have been part of that campaign. "
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. 182."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 6.
3) GTD 1970-2012 data file
4) RAND
5) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 87."
6) "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. 84"
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