Incident Date:
March 07, 1963
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Military(Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Check Post)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "03/07/1963: During the night, a Molotov cocktail was thrown through a ground floor window at the rear of the Victoria Rifles of Canada armoury on Cathcart St. Three quart-size beer bottles filled with gasoline were used. Damage was between $10 and $15 and consisted mostly of repairs to a smashed window. The letters ""FLQ"" were painted on the wall. The kerosene bombs bore a card with the inscription ""Front de Liberation Quebecois"". Three young FLQ adherents were convicted in this incident and put on probation."
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. 227."
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