Incident Date:
June 26, 1983
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
Event Type: Theft
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Environmentalist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Healthcare/hospital(Hospital/clinics)
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: "06/26/1983: The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) broke into Toronto Western Hospital's animal lab, released five animals, and destroyed experimental equipment. ALF claimed responsibility."
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. 108"
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