Incident Date:
August 02, 1965 17:45
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Bridge/Car Tunnel)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 2 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/02/1965: At 5:45 p.m., a bomb consisting of 59 sticks of dynamite, with detonators and a battery attached to an alarm clock, was discovered by teenagers on a cement pillar under a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) bridge connecting Montreal Island with lIe Jesus. A police bomb disposal expert dismantled the device, which he described as ""a crude affair."" It was dismantled only minutes before it was due to explode. The bomb delayed four CPR trains for more than an hour. Two members of Les Chevaliers pour l'Independance were sentenced for this incident and another on the same day."
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. 243."
2) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 32"
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