Incident Date:
June 01, 1985
Incident Successful:
Location: Toronto, Ontario 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(Entertainment/Cultural/Stadiums/Casinos)
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: 06/01/1985: A man made a collect telephone call from Montreal to the Metro Toronto police and threatened to bomb a United Way concert featuring a popular Indian singer at Maple Leaf Gardens on 06/09/1985. Officials at Indian Immigrant Aid Services in Toronto refused to accept the call and telephoned police after the man kept calling back; the motive of the caller was unclear and the threat was a hoax.
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. 437."
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