Incident Date:
March 30, 1963
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Sabotage Equipment
Organization Type:
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: 5 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "03/30/1963: Attackers toppled a 1,000 pound bronze statue of a Canadian Indian located next to Champlain's monument on Nepean Point, and tacked up a note indicating their work was a reprisal for the previous week's damage to General Wolfe's statue in Quebec City. Police believed that a rope was tied around the figure and attached to a car or truck, and the statue was then yanked loose. An English-speaking youth phoned Radio Station CKOY, at 11 o'clock, noted the recent damage to the Wolfe Monument, and said ""we are nationalists and have done the same to Champlain's monument."" Five people allegedly took part."
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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