Incident Date:
January 24, 1969
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- Business(Mining)
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: "01/24/1969: A Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) bomb exploded in the stairwell of the eighth floor of the Bank of Nova Scotia Building on Place Victoria. The time-bomb was found in a brown paper bag outside the offices of Noranda Mines Limited, and moved to a stairwell where it exploded. No one was injured in the early afternoon blast, but the force of the explosion tore huge gaping holes in the walls of the stairwell. It also shattered windows on five floors of the eleven-storey building and blew out electrical fixtures. Caused $50,000 damage. This was very unusual in being a daylight attack by the FLQ. An FLQ network claimed responsibility, and its leader pleaded guilty on this and other counts."
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. 260."
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. 56"
3) "Stewart, J. (1970). Seven Years of Terrorism: The FLQ. Richmond Hill, ON; Simon & Schuster of Canada LTD., p. 45;Laurendeau, M. (1990). Les Quebecois Violent. Montreal, QC: Boreal. p.316 "
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