Incident Date:
August 03, 1971
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Arvida, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Narcisse Cardinal (pseudo FLQ cell)
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: "08/03/1971: A bomb caused more than $35,000 damage to the Steinberg food store at Arvida, in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. The bomb consisted of between seven and ten sticks of dynamite. A communique from a Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) cell claimed responsibility for the act, which was intended as a show of support by the Front de Liberation du Quebec to the striking employees. Fournier calls this a ""pseudo-cell"" and suggests the incident was a purely local one."
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. 387"
2) "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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