Incident Date:
October 29, 1971
Incident Successful: No
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- 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: "10/29/1971: A bomb was defused during the evening near the Westmount home of a Power Corporation executive. A Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) communique claimed that the operation was intended to support locked-out workers of La Presse, a journal owned by Power Corporation. The bomb consisted of four sticks of dynamite; it was found on the lawn in front of the house. Radio station CKAC received a telephone call about 9:25 p.m. from a woman saying she was a member of the FLQ and that a bomb had been planted at the Westmount address."
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. 281."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 5.
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. 79"
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