Incident Date:
June 10, 1979
Incident Successful: No
Location: Fort Erie, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
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- Unknown
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: "06/10/1979: U.S. customs officials at the Peace Bridge crossing between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York discovered two pipe bombs in a suitcase placed in the overhead luggage rack of a Greyhound bus. The bus was en route Toronto - New York. The bombs were discovered at around 11 p.m. The bombs were about three inches in diameter and ten inches long, and were filled with several pounds of gunpowder. Each bomb had a clockwork-timing device attached, and appeared to be ready for detonation aside from the fact that the accompanying batteries were not connected. Customs officers speculated that the bombs were not intended to sabotage the bus, but rather were being smuggled into the U.S. for some undetermined purpose."
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. 413"
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