Incident Date:
October 17, 1964
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Trois-Rivieres, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (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- Government(Politicians/Political Parties/Political Movements/Political Party Meetings/Rallies)
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: "10/17/1964: The car of the Quebec Progressive Conservative Party leader was set on fire with the use of kerosene. He had received telephone calls informing him that the attack was the work of a separatist group, and Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) calls to radio stations and journals alerted them to the incident. The rationale for the attack lay in a statement made by a Toronto Member of Parliament that ""only gangsters could reject the Queen."" The MP was stating his view that the Queen would not be harmed during her visit to Quebec City."
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. 240."
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