Incident Date:
January 06, 1971 22:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Private Security Companies/Firms)
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: 01/06/1971: Two Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) activists threw a Molotov cocktail against the armoured doors of a Brink's Canada Ltd garage in Montreal at 10:00 p.m. The incendiary bomb exploded against the doors and did superficial damage. None of the persons responsible were ever arrested or indicted. A communique claiming FLQ responsibility for the bombing was delivered to Ie Journal de Montreal and CKLM radio station on the day following the attack.
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. 278."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 4.
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. 74"
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