Incident Date:
September 18, 1968 03:00
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- Police(Prisons/Jails)
2- Private Citizens & Property(Vehicles/Transportation)
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: "09/18/1968: A bomb exploded near Bordeaux jail, behind the home of the Prison Warden. The bomb was placed underneath the back porch at 3:00 a.m. It comprised several sticks of dynamite, a detonator, a battery and a cheap clock. A hand-printed note left outside the Warden's home claimed that the blast was intended to give ""concrete support to patriots Gagnon and Vallieres. The Front de Liberation du Quebec has shown today the only way to abolish the regime of justice for the rich. This is directed at a representative of the rotten society."" Vallieres and Gagnon were then awaiting trial and went on a hunger strike to protest conditions at Bordeaux jail."
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. 249."
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. 41"
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