Incident Date:
April 21, 1983
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Saint Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Barricade Incident)
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Ethnic,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Government(Government Buildings/Facilities)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 100 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "04/21/1983: One hunded Micmacs occupied a government Minister's office in St. Johns Newfoundland. Riot police smashed through the wall to arrest 21 Micmacs who had barricaded themselves in a Cabinet Minister's office in a bid to force the Newfoundland government to release $821,000 owed to the Indian band. The Micmacs put up no resistance."
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. 107"
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