Incident Date:
August 22, 1975
Incident Successful: No
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: White Nationalist Revolutionary Army
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Supremacist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Journalists & Media(Newspaper Journalists/Staff/Facilities)
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: "08/22/1975: A black community leader in Toronto received a stick of dynamite in the mail, along with a note: 'Watch your step ------. We are! We can make it explode."" The note was signed by the “White Nationalist Revolutionary Party.” The stick and note were delivered to the office of ""The Islander,"" a Caribbean community newspaper edited by the recipient."
References: 1) "Kellett, A., Beanlands, B., Deacon, J., Jeffrey, H., & Lapalme, C. (1991). Terrorism in Canada 1960-1989, User Report no. 1990-16. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, National Security Coordination Centre, Police and Security Branch. p. 398."
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