Incident Date:
August 02, 1998
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Demmitt, Alberta Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Environmentalist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Utilities(Gas pipelines)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/02/1998: A sour-gas pipeline owned by Alberta Energy Company was bombed in Demmitt, Canada. A ""small amount"" of hydrogen sulfide gas was released. This and other July 31 bombing caused C$20,000 in damage. There were no casualties and no one claimed responsibility for the attack. Police blamed militant environmentalists, but a specific group was not identified."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) EIDB
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