Incident Date:
June 15, 1983
Incident Successful: No
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Knife or Other Sharp Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Healthcare/hospital(Doctor/Nurse/Other Healthcare Staff)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "06/15/1983: Augusto Da Silva Dantas grabbed and pushed Dr. Henry Morgentaler, raising garden shears in a menacing manner outside Dr. Morgentaler's abortion clinic. Morgentaler was not injured. Dantas pleaded guilty to common assault and was sentenced 11/03 to a conditional discharge, was placed on probation, and ordered to do 100 hours of community service work."
References: 1) RWVIC p. 187
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