Incident Date:
May 03, 1963 01:05
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Saint-Jean, 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- Private Citizens & Property(Public Areas (e.g., Public garden, parking lot, garage, beach, public buildings, camps))
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "05/03/1963: A powerful explosion caused heavy damage to the Royal Canadian Legion building in Saint-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu. The time bomb, which comprised several sticks of dynamite, exploded under the concrete steps leading to the main door. It destroyed the steps and porch, and broke several windows at the front of the building. No one was injured. The blast occurred at 1:05 a.m. Shortly after the blast, an anonymous caller telephoned the Canadian Press bureau in Montreal and said: ""Le Front de Liberation Quebecois a frappe a St-Jean."" Ninety-five percent of the Legion members were French-Canadians. The Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) made a statement describing Legion members as ""vile traitors"": ""Every member of this organization automatically disowns his fellow - countrymen and the Quebec nation."" A member of the FLQ received a five-year prison term for this 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. 230."
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. 23"
3) "Stewart, J. (1970). Seven Years of Terrorism: The FLQ. Richmond Hill, ON; Simon & Schuster of Canada LTD., p. 12"
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