Incident Date:
June 16, 1970
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
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- Business(Industrial/Textiles/Factories)
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: "06/16/1970: Two attempted bombings in Montreal, devices deactivated after of an anonymous warning had been called in to a local radio station, CKAC. At an International Business Machines (IBM) factory in Montreal two devices were deactivated, each consisted of a time activated device in a kitbag, using a total of 60 sticks of dynamite. At a Domtar Chemicals research laboratory a 50-pound bomb in a flight bag was deactivated. The Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) is believed to have been responsible."
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. 273."
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. 68"
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