Incident Date:
August 08, 1986
Incident Successful: No
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Restaurant/Bar/CafeĢ)
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: "08/08/1986: Halifax radio station CJCH received several calls from someone claiming to have a message from a Muslim terrorist group stating that explosives had been planted in the washroom of a local food outlet. A Halifax youth, 17, later pleaded guilty to this offence and to the theft on 08/03 of 125 sticks of dynamite. The youth was fined, required to do community work, and placed on probation."
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. 442."
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