Incident Date:
May 04, 1986 16:20
Incident Successful: No
Location: Tokyo Japan
Perpetrators: Chukaku-ha (Middle Core Faction)
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Projectile (rockets, mortars, RPGs))
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "05/04/1986: Terrorists fired five handmade rockets at the Akasaka Palace, some two and a half kilometers away during the opening ceremonies for the seven nation economic summit in Tokyo. The rockets were launched from tubes in the window of an apartment in the Shinjuku district. The rockets flew over the palace grounds and landed around the Canadian Embassy. No injuries were reported from the rockets, which landed in the street. The attack coincided with the welcoming ceremonies for French President Francois Mitterrand. One rocket started a fire in an apartment building near the Canadian Embassy. In leaflets distributed to news agencies in Tokyo, the Chukaku-ha (Middle Core Faction) claimed credit for the attack and intended to disrupt the summit attended by the heads of state from France, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, West Germany, Italy, and Canada."
References: 1) "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. 392-393."
2) "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. 178"
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