Incident Date:
April 19, 1969
Incident Successful:
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Bus (excluding tourist))
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: "04/19/1969: Two men were slightly injured when a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of a city bus in the early morning. The device, which consisted of a beer bottle filled with gasoline and stoppered with a flaming wick, did not explode. The police were unsure of the motive behind the attack."
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. 378"
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