Incident Date:
July 01, 2013
Incident Successful: No
Location: Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Pressure Trigger)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
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: 2 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/01/2013: The RCMP arrested John Nuttall and Amanda Korody for planning to use pressure cookers to bomb the B.C. Legislature building in the midst of Canada Day festivities. They were charged with facilitating terrorist activity and making or possessing explosives. In a statement on 2 July, the RCMP announced that two citizens had been arrested on an undisclosed earlier date on suspicion of planning to detonate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) outside the local parliament building in Victoria, British Columbia. IEDs were allegedly recovered during the arrests. The couple were recent converts to Islam who adopted a radical Islamist ideological outlook. If convicted, Nuttall and Korody could face life in prison. "
References: 1) Janes DB
2) ITAC
3) GTD 2006-2013 datafile
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