Incident Date:
March 22, 2001
Incident Successful:
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Biological
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Government(Politicians/Political Parties/Political Movements/Political Party Meetings/Rallies)
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: "03/22/2001: The provincial Ministry of Citizenship office received two small packages containing a powder suspected of being anthrax bacteria in Toronto, Canada. Authorities sealed off the building and retained dozens of employees from leaving, until tests showed the package was not anthrax."
References: 1) Monterey WMD Terrorism Database
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