Incident Date:
November 12, 1968 01:30
Incident Successful: No
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: "11/12/1968: At 1:30 a.m. a pedestrian found a bomb on the doorstep of the new Chamber of Commerce building at the intersection of Beaver Hall Hill and Belmont Street. The bomb comprised two sticks of dynamite wired to batteries and a clock, and was wrapped in newspaper and placed in a shoebox. The bomb was ""almost identical"" to one which had exploded a few hours earlier t...
Description: "11/12/1968: At 1:30 a.m. a pedestrian found a bomb on the doorstep of the new Chamber of Commerce building at the intersection of Beaver Hall Hill and Belmont Street. The bomb comprised two sticks of dynamite wired to batteries and a clock, and was wrapped in newspaper and placed in a shoebox. The bomb was ""almost identical"" to one which had exploded a few hours earlier two blocks away in the underground passage linking Place Bonaventure and Central Station. The bomb was taken to a nearby park and dismantled. At his trial, a leading Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) bomber said that the building was attacked as a ""symbol of exploitation""."
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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. 253."
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. 253."
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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