Incident Date:
February 15, 1983
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: London England
Perpetrators: Animal Rights Militia (ARM)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Mail Bomb)
Organization Type: Environmentalist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/15/1983: Five letter bombs were discovered in Britain. An animal rights group that was protesting seal hunting and the killing of experimental animals is believed to be responsible. The Canadian Embassy in London received one of the letters that contained an incendiary device. The remaining letter bombs were sent to the agricultural Minister's office, a fur dealer in Manchester, and the remaining two by medical and veterinary research centers in Bristol and Cambridge. Officials believe the Animal Rights Militia to be responsible."
References: 1) RAND
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. 172"
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