Incident Date:
October 16, 1967
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- Business(Industrial/Textiles/Factories)
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: "10/16/1967: A Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) bomb exploded during a strike at the Seven-Up bottling plant in Ville Mont-Royal. The labour conflict at the plant lasted 13 months, and was one the most violent in the history of Quebec unionism. This attack was the handiwork of a new FLQ cell that tended to choose labour-related targets (another, and still more active labo...
Description: "10/16/1967: A Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) bomb exploded during a strike at the Seven-Up bottling plant in Ville Mont-Royal. The labour conflict at the plant lasted 13 months, and was one the most violent in the history of Quebec unionism. This attack was the handiwork of a new FLQ cell that tended to choose labour-related targets (another, and still more active labour-related cell began operations in May 1968)."
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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. 370."
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. 370."
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. 36"
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