Incident Date:
September 11, 1983 21:00
Incident Successful:
Location: Saint Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business
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: 09/11/1983: A Saint John man was sentenced to ten days in jail after pleading guilty to threatening to bomb a local Lada dealership. The police and the Saint John Telegraph Journal received calls starting at 6:45 p.m. stating that a bomb would go off at 9 p.m. When police arrived at the man's home he told them that he had been upset by the destruction of Korean Air Lines flight 007.
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. 432."
2) "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. 172"
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