Incident Date:
April 03, 1963 05:00
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Telecommunication(Television)
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: "04/03/1963: Police neutralized an explosive device comprising a bundle of 24 sticks of dynamite before it could knock out the Canadian Broadcasting Company's (CBC) main television transmitting tower on Mont Royal. The explosives had been set to detonate at 5:00 a.m, but the exposed movement of the clock was sporadically halted when the wind moved it against the cement tower base. There were two packages with 12 sticks of dynamite in each, wired to batteries and an alarm clock timing mechanism. Splashes of red paint at the foot of the 364-foot tower spelled out ""LIBERTE"" and ""FLQ"". The bomb was found by a CBC technician. One of the television stations using the tower reportedly received letters earlier within the week signed by the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ). The letters threatened retaliation if the station continued signing off nightly with the playing of ""God Save the Queen."" A member of the FLQ received a five-year prison term for the offence, to be served concurrently with other sentences."
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."
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