Incident Date:
November 11, 1968 20:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Bridge/Car Tunnel)
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: 11/11/1968: A bomb exploded in an underground passageway linking the Place Bonaventure trade centre and Central Station. The blast took place at 8:00 p.m. Three persons narrowly escaped injury. Several square feet of bricks and plaster were knocked out of the walls and ceiling of the landing area on the Central Station side. The small dynamite charge had been left in an alcove at the bottom of escalators leading from Central Station. All that remained of the bomb was a thimble-like brass cap and several bits of twisted metal. Two months previously an anonymous caller had warned of a bomb in the same passageway; the tip was found to be a hoax.
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. 252."
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. 49"
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