Incident Date:
January 31, 2001
Incident Successful:
Location: Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Biological
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business(Retail/Grocery/Bakery (including cell phone shops and generic shops))
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: "01/31/2001: A package with a note indicating that it contained anthrax bacteria was sent to a Wal-Mart store in Victoria, British Columbia. The package was postmarked in Florida. Subsequent testing revealed that incident was a hoax."
References: 1) Monterey WMD Terrorism Database
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