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          Document:         Europe centrale
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1: §1 1993
2: §2 Toronto
3: §3 3 mars 1993
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5: Un individu affirme avoir placé une bombe dans la tour du CN.  Il dit représenter la République populaire de Croatie.  La tour est évacuée mais aucune bombe n’est retrouvée.
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7: Source :  Mickolus (1993 :  327)
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10: §4 Ottawa
11: §5 14 août 1991
12:
13: La Main noire, groupe secret serbe (responsable de l’assassinat de Ferdinand en 14 !), envoie des lettres de menaces aux ambassadeurs d’Allemagne et d’Autriche à Ottawa à cause de l’ingérence de leur pays dans les «affaires Yougoslaves».
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15: Source :  Mickolus (1993 :  771)
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18: §6 1988
19: §7 Windsor
20: §8 3 janvier 1988
21:
22: The OPP seized 37 firearms.
23:
24: Newspapers speculated that the arms were intended to be used by a Vancouver-based Croatian group to assassinate East European athletes at the Winter Olympics in Calgary.
25:
26: Classification selon Kellett et al :
27: type: émigré
28: cible: N/A
29: tactique: possession d’arme(s)
30:
31: OC 29 aug 88, A3
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34: §9 1986
35: §10 Toronto
36: §11 16 février 1986
37:
38: The editor of a pro-Communist newspaper funded by the Romanian government was assassinated in his Toronto apartment by a lone gunman. He was also stabbed in the chest. His wife was wounded in the attack.  Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Roman Revenge, but the ritualistic stabbing pointed to the Iron Guard.
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40: Police concluded that this attack, and the one in Mtl on 20 jan 1986, were carried out by the same person, the prime suspect being a Mtl resident.
41:
42: Classification selon Kellett et al :
43: type: émigré
44: cible: média
45: tactique: assassinat
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47: TS 17 feb 86, A1, A11; GM 29 mar 90, A8
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49:
50: §12 Montréal
51: §13 20 janvier 1986
52:
53: A hooded gunman fired four rounds from an M-16 rifle through the window of the Romanian consulate.  A visiting Romanian trade official was wounded twice in the hip.
54:
55: The consulate had received no recent threats, but 2 days after the incident a man telephoned Le Journal de Mtl to say that he participated in the assault and was a member of the Aiud terrorist organization; he threatened more attacks against Communist targets.
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57: Police investigation pointed to the involvement of the Iron Guard, and linked this incident with one in Toronto in February 1986
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59: Classification selon Kellett et al :
60: type: émigré
61: cible: diplomatique
62: tactique: assault
63:
64: VS 21 jan 86; GM 25 apr 86, A2
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67: §14 1979
68: §15 Mississauga
69: §16 2 juin 1979
70:
71: 2 Croatian men were killed in an explosion in a Mississauga home.  Police concluded that the men were trying to assemble some kind of explosive device, but did not know who or what was the intended target or what the motive of the men may have been.
72:
73: Exclu de Kellett et al : non-activated conspiracy
74:
75: GM 4 jun 79, 9
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78: §17 Toronto
79: §18 27 avril 1979
80:
81: A Croatian-owned camera store was badly damaged by a bomb.  The owner’s wife claimed that they had received a number of threatening letters and calls over the previous 3 years.
82:
83: Exclu de Kellett et al : insufficient information, perpetrator and motive unclear
84:
85: GM 28 apr 79, 5
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88: §19 1978
89: §20 Toronto
90: §21 8 août 1978
91:
92: A bomb exploded outside the home of a member of Toronto’s Yugoslavian community, this being one of 2 bombings directed at a Yugoslav native.  The owner was a developer and active in the Croatian community.
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94: Exclu de Kellett: insufficient information, perpetrator and motive unknown
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96: TS 9 aug 78, 3; TS 10 aug 78, 20
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99: §22 Toronto
100: §23 8 août 1978
101:
102: The homes of 2 members of Toronto’s Yugoslavian community were bombed.  The bomb appeared to have been pipe bomb, detonated by a clock, placed outside the door of an apartment housing a Yugoslav family.  The blast occured at night.
103:
104: Exclus de Kellett: insufficient information, perpetrator and motive unknown
105:
106: TS 9 aug 78, 3,32; TS 10 aug 78, 20
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108:
109: §24 1977
110: §25 Vancouver
111: §26 30 septembre 1977
112:
113: A doctor of Yugoslavian origin was shot and killed by a lone assailant. The victim was shot at close range at least four times in the head and chest.  Four pedestrians chased a male youth from the scene, but he eluded them.  During the summer of 1977, there were several incidents involving pro and anti-communist Yugoslavs in Canada and the US.
114:
115: Classification Kellett et al:
116: type: Émigré
117: cible: privé
118: tactique: assassinat
119:
120: Kellet, 1988: B-5; VS 1 Oct 77, A1; VP 1 Oct 77,1
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122:
123: §27 Toronto
124: §28 29 août 1977
125:
126: A bomb exploded in a Toronto garage, killing 3 Serbian nationals.
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128: Selon le Toronto Sun ils préparaient des attaques contre des sympathisants du président Tito et contre les missions diplomatiques yougoslaves dans 6 ou 7 villes au Canada et aux ÉU.  Lest attaques visaient à venger le meurtre de Dragisa Kasikovich, qui publiait à Chicago un journal anti-communiste (Liberty), faisant état du harcèlement d’exilés yougoslaves par le service secret de Yougoslavie.
129:
130: Exclu de Kellett et al: non-activated conspiracy
131:
132: Mickolus, 1980: 721; GM 2 sep 77, 5
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135: §29 1976
136: §30 Hamilton
137: §31 22 décembre 1976
138:
139: Police concluded that a fire at the Yugoslav Canadian Club was deliberately set.  The club had received a number of threats since its opening 2 years earlier, and it had been the target of vandalism.
140:
141: One source claimed that the club was believed to represent the interests of Communist Yugoslavia.
142:
143: Remarques: insufficient information, perpetrator, motive unclear
144:
145: HS 10 jan 77, 7
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147:
148: §32 Toronto
149: §33 1er décembre 1976
150:
151: A fire at the offices of a Yugoslav weekly newspaper published in Scarborough.
152:
153: The editor and his family lived above the offices and claimed to have barely escaped.  He claimed that the fire was deliberately set and attributed it to extremists opposed to the Yugoslav government.
154:
155: Remarques: insufficient information, arson uncertain, motivation unknown
156:
157: GM 5 jan 77, 5
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159:
160: §34 Mirabel, QC;  Gander, T-N
161: §35 10 septembre 1976
162:
163: 5 Croatian nationalists hijacked a TWA plane with 93 passengers and crew flying New York-Chicago, and diverted it to Mirabel Airport.  They reinforced their demands by leaving a bomb in Grand Central Station.
164:
165: A police attempt to detonate the bomb resulted in the injury of 3 and death of 1 officer.
166:
167: Thereupon, several papers published the hijackers’ manifesto.  The plane then flew to Gander, Newfoundland where 35 people were allowed to disembark.  Shortly after the plane took off from Gander the group’s propaganda leaflets were dropped from a helicopter over Mtl.
168: The plane then flew to Paris, where police forced its surrender.
169:
170: All 5 were convicted in the US and sentenced to terms of 6-30 years, 30 years and life imprisonment.
171:
172: exclu de Kellett et al: no primary source, Canadian involvement incidental.
173:
174: Mickolus, 1980: 644-646

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