Incident Date:
September 03, 1971 10:22
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Retail/Grocery/Bakery (including cell phone shops and generic shops))
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: "09/03/1971: Two policemen narrowly escaped death in a bomb blast at the Bell Canada Centre in Dorion which caused an estimated $300,000 damage, but no injuries. The five pound dynamite explosion rocked the small one storey building at 10:22 a.m., only minutes after an anonymous caller tipped off the Dorion police department. The bomb had been stuffed into the 18 inch-high crawl space underneath the building."
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. 280."
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. 78"
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