Incident Date:
September 12, 1986
Incident Successful:
Location: Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Direct Action
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Chemical (Poisoning)
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
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: "09/12/1986: Local media agencies received notes, reportedly attributed to Direct Action, indicating that two bottles of South African wine had been poisoned in British Columbia. All South African wines were removed from the shelves of B.C. liquor stores, and although no contaminated bottles were found, 3000 bottles (worth $15,000) were destroyed."
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."
2) Monterey WMD Terrorism Database
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