Incident Date:
August 24, 1965
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Sabotage Equipment
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Telecommunication(Radio)
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: "08/24/1965: The transmission tower of Sherbrooke's English-language radio station, CKTS, was the target of sabotage. The tower was toppled by cutting three guy-wires. However, the station quickly resumed operation. Early in the morning of 1 July, Dominion Day, another transmission tower had been leveled in the same manner. In that case, the saboteurs left the initials ""FLQ"" painted on ground shacks surrounding the tower; no such autograph was found in this case."
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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