Incident Date:
May 18, 1969
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government
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: "05/18/1969: A bomb exploded at the St. Jean Baptiste Society office in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Trudeau was to have been a guest of the Society the following week."
References: 1) "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"
2) "Morf, G. (1970). Terror in Quebec: Case Studies of the FLQ. Toronto, ON: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited. p. 143"
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