Incident Date:
October 10, 1970 18:00
October 10, 1970 18:00 - October 18, 1970
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Automatic Weapon (incl. semiauto))
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government(Politicians/Political Parties/Political Movements/Political Party Meetings/Rallies)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 2 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "10/10/1970: Members of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) kidnapped 49 year old Pierre LaPorte, Quebec Minister of Labor and Immigration. Two masked men armed with submachine guns took him from his home at 6 p.m. - the time of the deadline set by James Cross's kidnappers - and identified themselves as the Chenier cell of the FLQ. The kidnappers threatened to kill LaPorte if the Cross group's demands were not met by 10 p.m. The group sent a note in LaPorte's handwriting pleading for compliance. Five minutes before the deadline, Premier Robert Bourassa appeared on television to reject the demands and asked the terrorists to free Cross and LaPorte. On October 16, Prime Minister Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act. On October 18, around midnight Laporte's body was found in the trunk of the kidnap vehicle. "
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) GTD 1970-2012 data file
4) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 222-224."
5) "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"
6) "Laurendeau, M. (1990). Les Quebecois Violent. Montreal, QC: Boreal.p. 320"
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