Incident Date:
July 11, 2000
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Baby Liberation Army
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Knife or Other Sharp Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Healthcare/hospital(Doctor/Nurse/Other Healthcare Staff)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/11/2000: Dr. Garson Romalis, an abortion-performing doctor, was stabbed in the back in an attempted murder while in the lobby of his office building in Vancouver, British Columbia. The attacker was a young man who has not yet been identified. The attack was later claimed on behalf of the “Baby Liberation Army” - a previously unheard of group. Dr. Romalis was previously shot in an attack on 11/08/1994. This incident is under investigation."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) RCMP Chronology. p.23.
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