Incident Date:
November 21, 1968 00:29
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
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/21/1968: A time bomb explosion at 12:29 a.m. blew out the front windows of a strike-bound Societe des Alcools du Quebec (SAQ) store and endangered lives of sleeping occupants in an apartment building next door. The show window of the store at 8360 Boulevard St. Laurent was shattered, as were numerous windows of businesses on the opposite side of the street. The bomb was placed in a narrow alley between the SAQ store and the apartment building. There were no injuries. This was the fifth bomb attack on a liquor store since the strike began (another bomb damaged the car of a SAQ official). A leading member of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) pleaded guilty to one of the SAQ bombings."
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. 254."
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. 51"
3) "Laurendeau, M. (1990). Les Quebecois Violent. Montreal, QC: Boreal. p.316 "
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