Incident Date:
May 03, 1963 15:30
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- Business(Mining)
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: "05/03/1963: A bomb was placed in a 14th floor washroom at the head office of Solbec Copper, a mining company, in the La Prevoyance building on Place d'Armes. Shortly after 2:30 p.m. Montreal police were notified by an anonymous caller that a bomb had been planted. A search failed to locate the bomb, but shortly afterwards some men found the bomb in a washroom after seeing slogans painted on the wall, and the police returned. The bomb had been set to explode at 3:30 and was dismantled at 3:28. It consisted of three sticks of dynamite, a detonator cap, an alarm clock and a battery. The letters ""FLQ"" and ""A bas la Solbec"" were painted on one of the walls."
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. 231."
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. 24"
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