Incident Date:
December 12, 1968 03:00
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération Populaire (FLP)
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- Private Citizens & Property(Houses/Apartments/Residence)
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: "12/12/1968: After an anonymous call to a radio station from a man describing himself as a member of the Front de Liberation Populaire, a bomb was defused near the home of the President of Canadian Structural Steel, a company affected by the steelworker's strike. The device consisted of eight sticks of dynamite and ""another explosive,"" two detonators, batteries and a timing mechanism and was the largest bomb found to date in a wave of bombings during 1968. The bomb had been placed in a basement window and (according to the caller) was set to detonate at 3 a.m."
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. 256."
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. 53"
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