Incident Date:
July 02, 1986
Incident Successful:
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Azanian People's Liberation Front
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Chemical
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Food or Water Supply(Food Supply)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/02/1986: An individual or a group, using the name Azanian People's Liberation Front, threatened to tamper with South African fruit that was being imported into Canada with injection. The purpose of the action was to strike at South Africa because of its apartheid policy. Some stores removed South African produce from their shelves as a result of the threat. No charges have been laid."
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. 441."
2) Monterey WMD Terrorism Database
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