Incident Date:
April 23, 1983
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Anti-Soviet Action Committee
Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist
Event Type: Unarmed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Leftist, Rightist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Unnamed Civilians/Unspecified)
2- Police(Police Security Forces/Officers)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: Yes
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 13 involved, 0 fatalities
Description: "04/23/1983: There was a demonstration in Toronto against the planned testing of the U.S. cruise missiles and against the arms race organized by the Against Cruise Testing Coalition, a non-violent organization. Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist (CPC-ML) members included themselves in the march, though they were not formally affiliated with the Against Cruise Testing Coalition. Right-wing members of the “Anti-Soviet Action Committee” (CASAC) who were pro-cruise missile provoked the CPC-ML demonstrators by exchanging insults and waving Hungarian flags and Union Jacks. Violence broke out involving iron bars and wooden planks on the sidelines of the demonstration between the CPC-ML and CASAC members at College and Queens park, and members of both groups suffered cuts and bruises. Twenty police separated the two groups, and two police officers were sent to the hospital. Thirteen people were arrested and charged with a total of 21 counts of assault and carrying weapons. CASAC founder Geza Matrai was hit with by a placard and showed signs of blood on his neck."
References: 1) RWVIC p. 186
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