Incident Date:
August 08, 1978 03:45
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Croatian Nationalists
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Houses/Apartments/Residence)
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: "08/08/1978: The homes of two members of Toronto's Yugoslavian community were bombed. In the first case, a bomb exploded in a fifth-floor hallway, causing about $7,000 damage. The bomb appeared to have been a pipe bomb, detonated by a clock, placed outside the door of an apartment housing a Yugoslav family. The blast occurred at night. The second bomb exploded at 3:45 a.m. outside the home of a member of Toronto's Yugoslavian community. The pipe bomb, apparently connected to an alarm clock and battery, shook the foundations, but the house was empty and no one was injured. The homeowner was a developer and active in the Croatian community."
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. 405"
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. 158"
3) RWVIC p. 99-100
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