Incident Date:
May 17, 1963 03:00
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- Government(Government Buildings/Facilities)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 4 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "05/17/1963: A time-bomb, comprising four sticks of dynamite wrapped together and attached to a clock-work timer, exploded in a mailbox in the Anglophone suburb of Westmount at around 3:00 a.m. This was one of 12 bombs deposited in Westmount mailboxes at around midnight. Most of the bombs appeared to be identically made - four sticks of dynamite with a detonator cap, taped to a clockwork timer - although one witness testified that one bomb comprised only two sticks of dynamite. Five of them exploded within a 20 minute period around 3:00 a.m., and another exploded while being dismantled, seriously injuring a bomb disposal officer. One of the bombs detonated resulting in the permanent injury of Sgt. Major Wlater Leja. The bombs which exploded damaged, amongst other things, a church door and a telephone box, and broke a number of windows. The operation was called ""Westmount Project"", and was carried out by two Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) teams whose members dropped their bombs through the mail slots."
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. 232."
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. 25"
3) "Stewart, J. (1970). Seven Years of Terrorism: The FLQ. Richmond Hill, ON; Simon & Schuster of Canada LTD., p. 12"
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