Incident Date:
June 02, 2006
Incident Successful: No
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Toronto Group
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government(Government Buildings/Facilities)
2- 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: "06/02/2006: Toronto police arrested 18 individuals (including four youths) who were planning to conduct three days of bombing attacks in Toronto starting on the 5th anniversary of 9/11. They were planning to set off truck bombs at public targets, including power plants in Ontario, the Parliament building in Ottawa, the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the Toronto offices of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS). The 18 had a huge cache of explosives, including three tons of ammonium nitrate and a detonator made from a cell phone. They also planned to take over the Canadian Parliament, hold hostages, and behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper if Canada did not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. They also intended to demand the release of Muslim prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq. The group also wanted to take over the downtown Toronto studios of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). "
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2008) Terrorism, 2005-2007: A Chronology. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Security International. p. 86-88."
2) Monterey WMD Terrorism Database
3) Janes DB
4) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 304"
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