Incident Date:
July 22, 1983
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Sabotage Equipment
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Memorials/Cemeteries/Monuments)
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: "07/22/1983: While registered as a researcher at the Public Archives, a Toronto man, 24, poured red ink on an original copy of the 1982 Constitution Act. The incident was in protest against the government's approval of United States cruise missile testing in Canada one week earlier."
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. 431"
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