Incident Date:
February 08, 1969 02:00
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
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, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/08/1969: A time bomb was placed outside the Quebec Government building, the Quebec Ministry of Labour Office, at 355 McGill St., near William. St. The bomb, which filled a shopping bag, consisted of six two-pound sticks of dynamite wired to a timing mechanism. An anonymous telephone caller told a local radio station at 2:15 a.m. that a bomb had been placed there and had been set to explode at 2:00 a.m. The bomb was dismantled. The building housed several provincial government offices, including the Labour Department"
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"
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