Incident Date:
August 19, 1974
Incident Successful:
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Diplomats/Families/Individuals (outside of embassy))
Canadian Target: No
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: "08/19/1974: The U.S. Consulate-General in Montreal received a telephone threat from an English-speaking male claiming to be of Greek origin, saying that he intended to kill someone in the Consulate within the week. The U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus was assassinated the same day: "
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. 397."
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 471."
3) "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. 151"
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