Incident Date:
August 09, 1969 02:30
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
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, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/09/1969: In a letter found in the Frontenac Metro subway station, in Montreal, the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) claimed responsibility for an arson attack which occurred at about 2:30 a.m., at the 4e Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment's Rosemont armoury. A Molotov cocktail placed on the roof of the two-story building was determined to be the cause of a fire. A rooftop door was burned, but the fire caused little other damage. The letter claiming responsibility was found by a Journal de Montreal reporter on a tip and turned over to Montreal Police. Among other things, it criticized Quebec premier Robert Bourassa for his role in the language debate. The arsonists also spray-painted a message, ""101 FLQ"", outside the armoury. Police did not support the suggestion that the incident indicated a resurgence or revitalization of the FLQ movement of the 1960s and early 1970s."
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. 303."
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