Incident Date:
April 01, 1963 11:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government(Government Buildings/Facilities)
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: "04/01/1963: At 11:00 a.m. a small bomb exploded in the ventilating system in the basement of the Federal Revenue building at the intersection of Dorchester and Bleury. Several windows were shattered but no one was injured. A news agency received an anonymous telephone tip earlier in the day warning that a bomb would explode. The French-speaking caller said he was a member of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) and stated: ""Ici Ie Front de liberation du Quebec. Une bombe puissante fera incessamment explosion a l'edifice de l'impot federal, a l'angle du boule Dorchester et de la rue Bleury. II serait plus prudent de faire evacuer Ies lieux."" The FLQ later claimed responsibility for the incident in a mimeographed ""press release""."
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. 228."
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. 22"
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