Incident Date:
August 13, 1986
Incident Successful:
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Fake Weapons (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
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: "08/13/1986: After a Marine guard spotted a suspicious package near the United States Embassy, an RCMP bomb squad found that it consisted of tightly-wrapped rolls of newspaper. An Embassy spokesman said that it appeared the package was a deliberate hoax. It had been found in bushes about four metres from a wall of the Embassy."
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. 443."
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