Incident Date:
July 01, 1965
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Sabotage Equipment
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
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: "07/01/1965: Sherbrooke's English-language radio station was the target of sabotage in the early morning. A transmission tower was toppled by cutting its guy-wires, and the initials ""FLQ"" (Front de Liberation du Quebec) were painted on a number of ground shacks. Damage to the tower was estimated at $5,000. Similar incidents occurred on 2 November 1964 and 24 August 1965."
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. 361"
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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