Incident Date:
December 06, 1975
Incident Successful:
Location: Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government(Politicians/Political Parties/Political Movements/Political Party Meetings/Rallies)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/06/1975: A bomb threat was telephoned to Victoria police headquarters at 8:13 p.m., just as a Social Credit election rally was getting underway in a Victoria high school auditorium. The caller warned that a bomb had been planted underneath the auditorium; however, no bomb was found. Opposition leader Bill Bennett was addressing the meeting."
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. 399."
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