Incident Date:
September 15, 1970
Incident Successful:
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Airports & Aircraft(Airport)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 8 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/15/1970: A message threatening sabotage was dropped off at a ticket office of Air Canada in Montreal. Flights leaving Montreal were delayed while a search of all buildings was conducted, revealing no bomb. A ransom was demanded in the note. Seven men and a woman were held in police custody in connection with the threat."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 217."
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. 139"
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