Incident Date:
August 27, 1982 09:20
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide (JCAG)
Event Type: Assassination
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Handgun)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Diplomats/Families/Individuals (outside of embassy))
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/27/1982: The Turkish Military Attaché was assassinated on his way to work. At about 9:20 am, a lone gunman approached him while he was stopped at a red light and fired 13 shots at the Attaché using a 9-mm handgun. The gunman escaped by foot. No suspect has been identified to date, although the Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) called the Canadian Press Montreal bureau to claim responsibility. The same group called the Agence France Presse office in Beirut. The assassin was an Armenian terrorist who emerged from a car sitting behind Altikat's. A man found in the vicinity was arrested but later released. Canadian police continued searching for other suspects. This event marked the first diplomatic assassination in Canadian history. "
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. 186."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 10.
3) GTD 1970-2012 data file
4) RAND
5) "Mickolus, Edward F., Todd Sandler, and Jean M. Murdock. (1989) International Terrorism in the 1980s: A Chronology of Events, Volume I 1980-1983. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press. p. 313."
6) "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. 103"
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