Incident Date:
July 16, 1970
Incident Successful: No
Location: Quebec, 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(Hotel/Resort)
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: "07/16/1970: Attempted bombing of the Hotel Victoria in Quebec City. The device consisted of two half-sticks of dynamite, a clock and detonator, it had been planted outside the hotel, was spotted by a passerby, and then deactivated. This hotel was the usual residence of then Premier Robert Bourassa when in Quebec City. Premier Bourassa was in the Assembly when the bomb was found. 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. 277."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 3.
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. 71"
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