Incident Date:
May 22, 1966 03:30
Incident Successful: Yes
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- Private Citizens & Property(Memorials/Cemeteries/Monuments)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "05/22/1966: At 3:30 a.m. the monument to French-Canadian patriot Dollard des Ormeaux, in Parc Lafontaine, suffered slight damage when a large dynamite charge exploded near its base. Part of the knee on the statue was shattered and police reported a number of cracks in the statue. A sign was left which stated ""Long live English Canada."" Damage was estimated at $5,500, however no one was injured. Several two-pound sticks of dynamite and a clockwork timing device were used. The bombing came a day before celebration of Dollard des Ormeaux day (concurrent with Victoria Day), and Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) partisans had hoped that the bombing would be blamed on the Anglophone community and would attract support for the FLQ. The false claim was not taken seriously and an FLQ member received a seven-year prison term on this and five other counts."
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. 244."
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. 34"
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