Incident Date:
November 26, 1963
Incident Successful: No
Location: Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Theft
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business(Bank/Commerce)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 8 involved, 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/26/1963: Front de Leberation du Quebec (FLQ) commando unit of six men and two women attempt to rob a credit union in Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche by cutting the phone lines in the town and taking over the local police station. They stole $7,500 but when trying to escape one of the getaway cars had been blocked. They fled in a second car but were pursued by the townspeople who fired at them. One of the FLQ members Pierre-Louis Bourret was shot and killed."
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