Incident Date:
October 23, 2001
Incident Successful: No
Location: Timmins, 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(Government Buildings/Facilities)
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: "10/23/2001: Canada Post's main municipal branch in Timmins discovered a package containing a suspicious white powder. Authorities were alerted and the substance was sent for tests, which revealed it was not anthrax bacteria."
References: 1) Monterey WMD Terrorism Database
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