Incident Date:
July 29, 1983
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Arson/Fire)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
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, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/29/1983: A fire was deliberately set at the building housing Dr. Henry Morgentaler's abortion clinic. The fire caused $50,000-$75,000 in damage. A man on the third floor had been overcome by smoke. The arsonists also left a scrawled threat to assassinate the doctor if he continued to work in Toronto. Agostino Oliveiro Battencourt was charged with breaking and entering and arson 01/17/1984. He was sentenced to provincial court to two years less a day in prison."
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. 297."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 12.
3) RWVIC p. 188
4) Ellis DB
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