Incident Date:
May 13, 1963 02:38
Incident Successful: Yes
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- Military(Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Check Post)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "05/13/1963: At 2:38 a.m, two time bombs, comprising several sticks of dynamite, exploded at the rear of the Royal Canadian Air Force 11th Technical Services Unit in Montreal's Outremont area. Three members of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) placed a bomb against the building, and timed it to explode at 1:30 a.m, When it failed to explode they returned there with a second bomb, fearing that the original one might explode in the daytime when the building was occupied. The second bomb was planted near the first in order to detonate the latter. The bombs tore a hole two feet in diameter and broke windows in the five-storey commercial building across the street; damage was estimated at $100,000. The explosion caused no injuries. The three (one a woman who went along to provide cover) were given sentences of ten years, six months, and a suspended sentence, respectively, on this and other counts."
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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