Incident Date:
February 22, 1969 23:00
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- Government(Politicians/Political Parties/Political Movements/Political Party Meetings/Rallies)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 4 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/22/1969: A powerful bomb shook the Reform Club, social headquarters of the Liberal Party, while a 50th wedding anniversary celebration was in progress. The blast, a few minutes after 11:00 p.m., caused considerable damage and injured four persons. Estimates of the damage ran as high as $100,000. The bomb consisted of eight sticks of dynamite. Another bomb had been defused at the Club on 14 October 1968. A Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) member 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. 262."
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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