Incident Date:
October 29, 1971
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- Private Citizens & Property(Labor Union Related)
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 powerful dynamite bomb exploded during the night at the Federation Canadienne des Associations Independentes (FCAI) building in the north end of Montreal. This was the third Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) attack in three years on the FCAI, an organization frequently at odds with the trade union movement. The blast occurred at about 1:00 a.m., and although two people were in the building at the time, no one was injured. The bomb was made of two or three sticks of dynamite. Seconds before the blast, the dispatcher for a taxi company whose offices were located in the same building, reported receiving an anonymous telephone call by a member of the FLQ. Two FLQ communiques claiming responsibility were found after anonymous calls to two French-language radio stations."
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."
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