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Taking no chances: Police have sealed garbage cans, like this one, in subway stations today as part of a massive security operation to protect the transit system from terrorists' bomb threats
Taking no chances: Police have sealed garbage cans, like this one, in subway stations today as part of a massive security operation to protect the transit system from terrorists' bomb threats

Taking no chances: Police have sealed garbage cans, like this one, in subway stations today as part of a massive security operation to protect the transit system from terrorists' bomb threats

Date3/31/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Taking no chances: Police have sealed garbage cans; like this one; in subway stations today as part of a massive security operation to protect the transit system from terrorists' bomb threats.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0119727F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Public warned: Police officials held a press conference yesterday to discuss threats made by Armenian terrorists to place bombs on Metro transit lines Monday
Public warned: Police officials held a press conference yesterday to discuss threats made by Armenian terrorists to place bombs on Metro transit lines Monday
3/29/1985
Touchy job: Metro's police bomb squad went to the Bloor-Yonge subway station last night on a tip that an explosive parcel was hidden in a locker
Touchy job: Metro's police bomb squad went to the Bloor-Yonge subway station last night on a tip that an explosive parcel was hidden in a locker
12/21/1982
Injured by debris: Constable Mervin Dennis (in wheelchair) is one of the 23 Division policemen injured by flying debris when the bomb went off at Litton Systems
Injured by debris: Constable Mervin Dennis (in wheelchair) is one of the 23 Division policemen injured by flying debris when the bomb went off at Litton Systems
10/14/1982
Blast survivor: Litton inspector James Tayles says he owes his life to taking a cigarette break when bomb exploded
Blast survivor: Litton inspector James Tayles says he owes his life to taking a cigarette break when bomb exploded
6/8/1984
Subway secure: Metro police Constable Alexander Zaychuk patrols the subway from Finch station last night, as did hundreds of officers from Metro, the OPP, RCMP, and other forces
Subway secure: Metro police Constable Alexander Zaychuk patrols the subway from Finch station last night, as did hundreds of officers from Metro, the OPP, RCMP, and other forces
3/31/1985
The Bomb that blew part of the leg off convicted bookmaker Walter Chomski of Mississauga left a hole in the floor of his 1973 blue Lincoln Continental(...)
The Bomb that blew part of the leg off convicted bookmaker Walter Chomski of Mississauga left a hole in the floor of his 1973 blue Lincoln Continental(...)
12/12/1974
Components of the bombs are electrical conduit pipe, caps, pipe-hanger, electricians' tape, part of a coathanger, all easily obtainable and inexpensive items
Components of the bombs are electrical conduit pipe, caps, pipe-hanger, electricians' tape, part of a coathanger, all easily obtainable and inexpensive items
9/26/1968
Keeping vigilant, A Metro police officer scans the tracks at Yorkdale subway station for anything suspicious
Keeping vigilant, A Metro police officer scans the tracks at Yorkdale subway station for anything suspicious
4/1/1985
Constable Clayton Mitchell of Metro police bomb squad sifts through broken glass looking for remants of bomb that blasted travel agency on Bloor St. W. early today
Constable Clayton Mitchell of Metro police bomb squad sifts through broken glass looking for remants of bomb that blasted travel agency on Bloor St. W. early today
7/23/1980
Crime - Bombs - U S
Crime - Bombs - U S
11/29/1993
Bomb Disposal Police and detective gingerly examine five sticks of dynamite found sitting on the hood of a car in the parking lot of Eastern High Scho(...)
Bomb Disposal Police and detective gingerly examine five sticks of dynamite found sitting on the hood of a car in the parking lot of Eastern High Scho(...)
5/24/1968
Luggage searched for bombs
Luggage searched for bombs
3/30/1985