Incident Date:
October 14, 1968 03:15
Incident Successful: No
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: 2 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "10/14/1968: A Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) bomb was defused at the Reform Club after an anonymous warning at 3:15 a.m. The Reform Club was owned by the Liberal Party. The bomb consisted of four sticks of dynamite. The bombs used in this attack, and a simultaneous one on another club, were of the same general type as those used in recent attacks on liquor stores. In most cases only the detonators went off, leading police to believe they were meant only as warnings. Two members of the FLQ were convicted in 1980 for this and other incidents."
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. 251."
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. 46"
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