Incident Date:
December 22, 1976 23:30
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Croatian Nationalists
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Arson/Fire)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Museums/Cultural Centers/Cultural Houses)
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: "12/22/1976: A fire at the Yugoslav Canadian Club was deliberately set, police concluded. A gas stove was turned to high, the gas jets of a furnace were torn off, and some type of fluid was spread on the basement floor and set on fire. The fire destroyed pinball machines and caused heavy smoke damage. The damage was estimated to be $23,500. The club had received a number of threats since its opening two years earlier, and it had been the target of vandalism. One source claimed that the club was believed to represent the interests of Communist Yugoslavia; a Croatian Nationalist group was blamed."
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. 402"
2) "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. 154"
3) RWVIC p. 88
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