Incident Date:
October 08, 1980
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: London, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Klu Klux Klan (KKK)
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary
Organization Type: Supremacist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Business(Farm/Ranch)
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: "10/08/1980: The Ku Klux Klan initiated the first public cross burning since the 1930’s at a farm, near London. The owner of the farm, who was also the President of the Nationalist Party of Canada, described himself as being sympathetic to the KKK. Approximately 25 people attended the ceremony, where members pledged to further the cause of the ""white race."""
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. 418."
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