Incident Date:
July 15, 1984
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Sabotage Equipment
Organization Type: Environmentalist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Educational Institution(Schools/Universities/Educational Buildings)
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: "07/15/1984: The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) broke into a University of Toronto laboratory, stole 21 rats and caused $1,000 worth of damage. Walls were spray painted with slogans. ALF claimed responsibility through the Globe and Mail. "
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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