Incident Date:
August 25, 1963
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: "08/25/1963: A fire was set at the Fusiliers Mont-Royal armoury on Pine Avenue East. It was the work of three Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) activists who had set up their own ""Resistance du Quebec"" cell. They were convicted in 1964 and two received two-year suspended sentences and one got a one-year prison term. Note: The three activists were also involved in the events of 23 and 25 August."
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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