Incident Date:
March 04, 1979
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Chilliwack, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business(Retail/Grocery/Bakery (including cell phone shops and generic shops))
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: "03/04/1979: Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at an IGA store which had been the target of a similar attack the previous day. One went through a window, but failed to ignite. The second landed against an outside wall and caused minor damage. This was the 18th firebombing in the Lower Mainland in some three months. Almost all of the attacks occurring in the early morning hours, and most were aimed at banks and government buildings."
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. 410"
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