Incident Date:
April 05, 2004 02:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Educational Institution(Schools/Universities/Educational Buildings)
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: "04/05/2004: Suspected Hamas members threw a firebomb into the library of a Jewish elementary school at around 2:00 am in Montreal, Canada. There were no casualties. The school had been closed for Passover at the time of the attack. Authorities believe that the fire was in retaliation of the assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
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