Incident Date:
March 06, 1969 21:15
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- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Highway/Road/Toll/Traffic Signal)
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: "03/06/1969: As a result of an anonymous telephone call to a private investigation bureau at 9:15 p.m., a section of the Metropolitan Boulevard was closed. A bomb was found at the base of one the supporting concrete pillars. The bomb's timing device was rigged to 126 sticks of dynamite. A second box, containing 15 sticks of dynamite, 50 electrical detonators and 34 fuses was found right beside the bomb. Although there was no battery attached to the device, police experts felt that the electrical resistance contained in the timing mechanism could have touched off the dynamite. If only one stick of dynamite had exploded, all 141 sticks would probably have followed suit, bringing down a section of the 40 foot high elevated highway. The bomb was neutralized."
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. 58"
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