Incident Date:
August 23, 1963 02:27
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: """Résistance du Québec"" cell, Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ)"
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Arson/Fire)
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: "08/23/1963: A fire was set at the Craig Street drill hall at about 2:27 a.m. The wooden door was set on fire, apparently by an inflammable liquid being sprayed through a letter-box and then being ignited by a match. Traces of an oily liquid were found on the sidewalk. Minutes before the incident a man called police and stated: ""I am a member of the FLQ. Watch the armouries."" Damage was estimated at $300. The arson was the work of three young Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) activists who had set up their own ""Resistance du Quebec"" cell. Two were given two-year suspended sentences, the third received a one-year term in prison."
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. 236."
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