Incident Date:
March 27, 1985
Incident Successful:
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Subway)
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: "03/27/1985: The RCMP's regional headquarters in Toronto received a letter warning that unless the three Armenians arrested in the Turkish Embassy incident - which left one guard dead and the Ambassador wounded - were released, there would be three bombings on April Fool's day. The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Our Homeland reportedly sent the letter. The letter referenced Toronto transit lines. After three days, the police made the threat public and commuter use of the transit system declined by 35% on 04/01/1985; ultimately the threat was assessed as a hoax. The massive security alert prompted some crank calls and hoaxes, including one fake bomb."
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. 436."
2) RAND
3) "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. 186."
4) "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. 176"
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