Incident Date:
July 15, 1965
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: La Macaza, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Police(Police Security Forces/Officers)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 7 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/15/1965: A Quebec Provincial Police officer was kidnapped by ""seven heavily armed suspect separatists"" near the military base of La Macaza. He was part of a detachment of provincial police which had been sent to investigate a citizen's report that armed men were camped in the forest. The officer managed to escape after 48 hours. After a four-day police search of the woods, a gun battle with police ensued, and one of the kidnappers was wounded by a bullet in the back of the neck. All were captured. The group had in its possession a communique announcing a large-scale but unidentified operation. The group was well-armed and had in its possession over 200 detailed military maps as well as a complete medical kit. The unit was made up of two Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) cells, one from Montreal and one from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Police suspected that the FLQ had intended to blow up the base, which housed controversial U.S. nuclear missiles. Six men received sentences ranging from six months to four years; the seventh received a suspended sentence."
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. 362."
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