Incident Date:
March 20, 1972
Incident Successful: No
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Unknown
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Unknown
Canadian Target:
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "03/20/1972: Armed Forces disposal experts searched the van of a Perth resident, who had an aircraft tracer hanging outside the vehicle as a souvenir. The van was parked in downtown Ottawa. The would-be bomb was found to be harmless."
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. 392"
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