Incident Date:
January 13, 1981
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
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: 01/13/1981: A bomb exploded in a stairwell near the Turkish Consulate in Toronto. The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia claimed responsibility in a letter to the press.
References: 1) "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. 160"
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