Canada

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Repressive operations

NameDateDescription
Case against Direct Action1982 - 1986

In 1983, five people were arrested and accused of being part of a group called Direct Action, which had carried out several actions in Canada in 1982, including the bombing of an electrical substation and the bombing of a factory belonging to the American defense contractor Litton Industries. In the weeks prior to their arrest, they were planning to rob a guard of the cash handling company Brink's.