Incident Date:
December 13, 1968 19:01
Incident Successful:
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Marketplace/Plaza/Square (where many people gather/crowd))
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: 12/13/1968: A telephone bomb warning received at 5:35 p.m. by the administration office of the Alexis Nihon Plaza led to the evacuation of thousands of shoppers from the shopping complex in the west end. The caller claimed the device would detonate at 7:01 p.m. No bomb was found.
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. 375."
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