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 (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Public Areas (e.g., Public garden, parking lot, garage, beach, public buildings, camps))
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 quarters of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch at Laval West. A turpentine bottle filled with rags was found at the building. Little damage was done. The incident was the work of tree Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) activists who had set up their own ""Resistance du Quebec"" cell."
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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