Incident Date:
April 12, 1963
Incident Successful:
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Bridge/Car Tunnel)
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: "04/12/1963: Indication that Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) bombers might strike in the Ottawa-Hull area came early in the day with a telephone call to ""The Ottawa Citizen."" The caller said: ""I heard them say they are going to blow up the Interprovincial Bridge this weekend. I think they are serious."" No further detail was given. Canadian Pacific Railway police took special precautions to protect the Interprovincial Bridge with around-the-clock surveillance, however no bombs were found."
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. 350."
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