Incident Date:
March 01, 1983
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Sabotage Equipment
Organization Type: Environmentalist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Business(Retail/Grocery/Bakery (including cell phone shops and generic shops))
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: 03/01/1983: The Animal Liberation Front acted against Franklin's Portion-Pale Meat in Scarborough and three other locations in the Toronto area. Tires were slashed and slogans were painted on walls. The incident followed the jailing of an animal rights activist and his anti-sealing crew in Atlantic Canada.
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. 429."
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