Incident Date:
February 10, 1969 21:05
Incident Successful: Yes
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- Military(Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Check Post)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/10/1969: A bomb exploded at 9:05 p.m. causing slight damage to a Canadian Armed Forces technical services building in Outremont. The same building had been the target of a Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) attack on May 13, 1963. Injured a Commisionaire and night cleaner. The blast smashed windows within a 500 foot radius. An FLQ network claimed responsibility, and its leader later pleaded guilty."
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. 261."
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. 57"
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