Incident Summary:

10/15/2001: A letter delivered by mail to the U.S. Consulate in Melbourne, Australia contained an unknown chemical agent. No injuries were reported in the attack.

GTD ID:
200110150003

When:
2001-10-15

Country:
Australia

Region:
Australasia & Oceania

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Victoria

City:
Melbourne

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unarmed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (Diplomatic)
Name of Entity U.S. State Department
Specific Description U.S. Consulate in Melbourne, Australia.
Nationality of Target United States
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Chemical
Weapon Details
Unknown chemical agent.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
“US Consulate Evacuated in Chemical Scare,” Yahoo News, October 15, 2001.