Incident Date:
August 03, 1985
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Unarmed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Religion Identified)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 5 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 08/03/1985:Five assailants badly beat a Toronto Sikh in the underground garage of his apartment building in Etobicoke. The victim helped to create a group to support the Indian government four days before the incident. A spokesman for pro-Khalistan separatists denied allegations of complicity. The perpetrators' motives were unclear.
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"
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