Incident Date:
August 20, 1968 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- Government(Government Buildings/Facilities)
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: "08/20/1968: At 3:30 a.m. a dynamite time bomb planted by the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) exploded under the private car of a Societe des Alcools du Quebec (SAQ) negotiator. Two other bombs exploded almost simultaneously in Montreal, one of them outside an SAQ store. The SAQ was government-owned, and had been involved in a labour dispute for two months. Three explosions occurred in different Montreal locations in the space of 15 minutes. Investigators believed that the explosions were connected because of several similarities. All of the charges were small, and the components and construction of the three bombs were identical."
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. 247."
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. 40"
3) "Laurendeau, M. (1990). Les Quebecois Violent. Montreal, QC: Boreal. p.315 "
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