Incident Date:
October 02, 1980
Incident Successful:
Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Remote Device)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Utilities(Oil refinery/upgrader)
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: "10/02/1980: Imperial Oil received a letter stating that a “remote controlled bomb” had been placed at the Strathcona refinery, and that it would be detonated if a sum of money was not received. No explosion occurred. This was the fourth threat that the refinery received in its seven years of operation."
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. 417"
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