Incident Date:
June 21, 1970
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Rifle/Shotgun)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Diplomats/Families/Individuals (outside of embassy))
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "06/21/1970: A plot by three Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) members to kidnap U.S. Consul-General Harrison W. Burgess was foiled by police in a raid on their cottage in the Laurentians. Police discovered 24 detonators, a wired alarm clock, 300 pounds of dynamite, a liquid anesthetic, a large syringe, adhesive tape, handcuffs, hoods, a sawed-off shotgun, four revolvers, matching ammunition, 150 mimeographed copies of what the authorities were to do to obtain Burgess's release and a number of press clipping among them a picture of company directors."
References: 1) RCMP Chronology. p. 2.
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 189."
3) "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. 138"
4) "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. 383."
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