Incident Date:
May 04, 1977 05:15
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business(Restaurant/Bar/CafeĢ)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 4 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "05/04/1977: An explosion at 5:15 a.m. killed an employee of a restaurant in Toronto's Chinatown. The explosion injured four others, and caused damage estimated at $200,000. Police believed that a bomb caused the explosion. The restaurant was located on the ground floor of a 12-storey office building, and the explosion appeared to take place on a balcony above part of the main floor dining room. The restaurant had been full during the evening, but all the customers had left, leaving only the owner and four employees in the restaurant."
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. 403"
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