Incident Date:
January 30, 2006
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Guelph, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Arson/Fire)
Organization Type: Environmentalist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Construction)
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: "01/30/2006: Perpetrators set fire to a home under construction in Guelph, Canada, causing US $5000 in damage to the building. There were no injuries. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for the attack through an email sent to a Guelph newspaper."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) WITS
3) Eco-terrorism Database
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