Incident Date:
July 13, 1963 03:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Quebec, 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(Memorials/Cemeteries/Monuments)
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: "07/13/1963: At 3:00 a.m., a time-bomb blast toppled the Queen Victoria Monument in Quebec City's commercial Lower Town section. Wires linked to a detonator and to an alarm clock, still ticking, were found scattered at the front of the foot of the statue's 15-foot pedestal. Nitroglycerine, rather than dynamite, appeared to have been used. On the pedestal was written ""Vous arrivez au but"" and an arrow was drawn pointing in the direction of a hole in the base of the statue where the bomb was placed. An ""X"" was written on each of the sides of the pedestal. A ladder was used to plant the bomb. The bronze statue was used to plant the bomb. The bronze statue was decapitated. A witness who passed the site shortly after the explosion claimed that he saw four or five men running away."
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. 235."
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"
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