Incident Date:
March 29, 1963
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Quebec, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Phalange
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Sabotage Equipment
Organization Type: Rightist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Memorials/Cemeteries/Monuments)
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: "03/29/1963: A cable attached to a truck was used to topple a statue of General Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham. This action was attributed by police to the Phalange, a short-lived nationalist group with a right wing perspective on Quebec politics. Three men and two women were involved."
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. 349."
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"
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