Incident Date:
November 29, 2004
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Coaticook, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: International Resistance Initiative (IRI)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Environmentalist, Antiglobalization,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Utilities(Electrical transformers/substations/ power lines)
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: "11/29/2004: An explosive device detonated at a transmission tower located near the town of Coaticook, Quebec. The tower, owned by Hydro-Quebec, supplies parts of the northwestern United States with electricity; service was not interrupted in the blast. An anti-globalization group calling itself Initiative de Resistance Internationaliste claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they were publicizing the pillaging of Canadian resources by the U.S."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) WITS
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