Incident Date:
2003
Incident Successful:
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Supremacist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Government(Judges/Attorneys/Courts)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "00/00/2003: Jean-Sebatian Pressault, a notorious Montreal-based white supremacist, was arrested and charged in 2003 with willfully promoting hatred through a racist website that he built and managed. While on bail, he threatened to kill the judge who was presiding over his case if he was given an exemplary sentence. Police searched Pressault’s home and discovered a loaded gun, and he was charged with threatening the judge and procuring a firearm."
References: 1) "Perry, B., & Scrivens, R. (2014). Right wing extremism in Canada: An environmental scan."
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