Incident Date:
January 15, 1971
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
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- Private Citizens & Property(Houses/Apartments/Residence)
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: "01/15/1971: Four gasoline-filled bottles were hurled against the back wall of the Chomedey home of the Quebec National Assembly Speaker. Two failed to ignite and the others burned out in the snow. The attack took place during the evening, while the family was watching television. This was the second firebomb attempt against the home within a week. Police found traces of another Molotov cocktail thrown against the house a few days earlier."
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. 279."
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. 75"
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