Incident Date:
November 22, 1968
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- Business(Retail/Grocery/Bakery (including cell phone shops and generic shops))
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: 11/22/1968: The Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) planted a bomb in the Montreal Eaton's Department store during the afternoon. It was discovered after an anonymous phone call. It was defused.
References: 1) "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"
2) "Morf, G. (1970). Terror in Quebec: Case Studies of the FLQ. Toronto, ON: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited.. p. 132; Laurendeau, M. (1990). Les Quebecois Violent. Montreal, QC: Boreal.p. 316"
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