Incident Date:
June 16, 1999
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Mail Bomb)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Journalists & Media(Television Journalists/Staff/Facilities)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "06/16/1999: A mail bomb, disguised as a videotape, was sent to an Edmonton TV station in Canada. The device partially detonated when an employee, Garnet Lewis, opened it. Lewis and fellow employee, Stacey Brotzel, suffered minor injuries in the blast. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
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