Incident Date:
March 08, 1963
Incident Successful: No
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: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "03/08/1963: An incendiary bomb attack was made on the 4e Bataillon Royal 22e Regiment (Chateauguay) armoury. Small glass bottles filled with kerosene, with a mesh net around them, were used. Two kerosene bombs were planted. Neither of them exploded and damage was slight. The letters ""FLQ"" were painted on the wall. The kerosene bombs bore a card with the inscription ""Le Front de Liberation Quebecois."""
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."
2) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 21"
3) "Morf, G. (1970). Terror in Quebec: Case Studies of the FLQ. Toronto, ON: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited., p. 5"
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