Incident Date:
August 04, 1981
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Government(Royalty)
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: "08/04/1981: The town house where Lady Iris Mountbatten, second cousin to the Queen lived was attacked in early morning. The attack caused damage estimated at $3,000 to the building. No injuries occurred as a result of the attack. A flammable substance was poured at the bottom of the basement steps and then ignited. Despite speculation of Irish Republican Army (IRA) involvement, the motivation behind the attack was unclear. A few hours earlier a police guard on the building had been removed; the guard was protecting a basement tenant who was a witness in a homicide investigation. The Irish Republican Army was believed to be responsible."
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. 422"
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. 99"
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