Incident Date:
March 12, 1985 07:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Armenian Revolutionary Army (ARA)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "03/12/1985: Three men in a truck drove to the front of the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa and forced open the iron gateway. The assailants then opened fire at a guard, Claude Brunelle, 31, who was seriously injured. Once inside the attackers took 13 hostages including the ambassador's wife and two children. The terrorists, members of the Armenian Revolutionary Army (ARA), demanded that Turkey give up its occupation of Armenia and acknowledge the genocide of more than a million Armenians in 1915, in a phone call to a radio station. When the terrorists entered the Embassy, Ambassador Coskun Kirca jumped to safety from a second-story window. He suffered a broken arm and leg and was listed in fair condition. The incident ended after four and a half hours at 11:30 A.M. when the three terrorists unexpectedly gave themselves up and released their hostages. The security guard died shortly after being admitted to the hospital; he had lain bleeding in the Embassy garden during the occupation."
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. 187."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 12.
3) GTD 1970-2012 data file
4) RAND
5) "Mickolus, Edward F., Todd Sandler and Jean M. Murdock. (1989) International Terrorism in the 1980s: A Chronology of Events, Volume II 1984-1987. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press. p. 177."
6) "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. 109"
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