Incident Date:
June 03, 1966 21:55
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government(Politicians/Political Parties/Political Movements/Political Party Meetings/Rallies)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "06/03/1966: At 9:55 p.m, a blast shook the Paul Sauve arena during the Provincial Liberal Party election rally, attended by about 5,000 people. Squares of dynamite placed in cigarette packages, with fuses to be activated by the slow burning of a cigarette butt inserted in a folder of matches, exploded in an empty washroom 300 feet from the main platform. It smashed a toilet...
Description: "06/03/1966: At 9:55 p.m, a blast shook the Paul Sauve arena during the Provincial Liberal Party election rally, attended by about 5,000 people. Squares of dynamite placed in cigarette packages, with fuses to be activated by the slow burning of a cigarette butt inserted in a folder of matches, exploded in an empty washroom 300 feet from the main platform. It smashed a toilet and blew out the glass on an inside door. A total of $269 damage was done. The bomb was designed more to create a disturbance than it was to cause damage. A member of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ), who confessed to having been the instigator of the incident, stated that its purpose was to ""sabotage"" the Liberal rally. Three men were convicted and sentenced for this incident."
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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. 245."
2) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Q...
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. 245."
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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