Incident Date:
April 27, 1979 18:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Croatian Nationalists (Anti-Tito faction)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Retail/Grocery/Bakery (including cell phone shops and generic shops))
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: "04/27/1979: A Croatian-owned camera store on Bloor St. West was badly damaged by a bomb that exploded shortly before 6 p.m. It shattered two plate glass windows and destroyed much of the store's stock. The explosion did not injure the owner and three customers. The owner's wife claimed that they had received a number of threatening letters and calls over the previous three years. Croatian nationalists/ the Anti-Tito faction was believed to have caused the attack. Damage was estimated at $30,000."
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. 411"
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. 92"
3) RWVIC p. 102
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